Beschreibung
Many regions will join the EU after eastern enlargement with
incomes far below the EU average. This book attempts to show
that the catching-up of these regions to the EU average
income cannot be achieved by market forces alone. Rather,
successful regional development is a complex process
involving actors and institutions on the regional, national,
and international level. Thus, regional growth will not only
depend on the governance capacities of regions, but also on
institutional frameworks set by the nation state and the EU
as well as investment decisions of multinational
enterprises.
