The European landscape of knowledge-intensive foreign-owned firms and the attractiveness of Dutch regions
The Dutch Government aims to attract more investments by foreign firms, especially by those involved in knowledge-intensive activities. This study addresses the question of how attractive the…
Metropolitan regions are becoming increasingly important as places to live, work, play and exchange information and culture. While these regions in many parts of the world are growing phenomenally…
Agglomeration economies in European regions: perspectives for objective 1 regions
Economic growth is one of the main European policy objectives of structural funds targeted at objective 1 regions, where development is lagging behind. An empirical analysis on growth differentials…
Strong decrease in labour force expected for large parts of Europe
Under unfavourable demographic and economic circumstances, the European labour force is expected to decrease by 20% up to 2050. This causes an increase in pressure on the working population to provide…
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