Innovation and Regional Growth in the European Union

• Main Authors: Crescenzi, Riccardo (Author), Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Series: Advances in Spatial Science, The Regional Science Series,
• Subjects: Economic geography.; European Economic Community literature.; Economic policy.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Economics.; Regional/Spatial Science.; R & D/Technology Policy.; European Integration.; Economic Geography.

This book investigates the EU’s regional growth dynamics and, in particular, the reasons why peripheral and socio-economically disadvantaged areas have persistently failed to catch up with the rest of the Union. It shows that the capability of the knowledge-based growth model to deliver its expected...