Economic Prospects of The Cis: Sources of Long Term Growth

The global crisis has led to dramatic increases in unemployment rates over most of the countries of the OECD.

This book offers a dynamic perspective on regional entrepreneurship, knowledge, innovation and economic growth, with a particular focus on the role that history and culture play. The authors provide comprehensive empirical analyses offering unique insights into the spatial patterns of long-term differences of regional self-employment, new business formation, cultures of entrepreneurship, innovation activities, and development. Policy implications from the analyses and a discussion of important avenues for future research complete this unique book combining history, culture, and entrepreneurship.

This book explores the fundamental determinants of long term changes in agricultural land use and the associated implications for environmental and food security.

This book explores the fundamental determinants of long term changes in agricultural land use and the associated implications for environmental and food security. The book is designed around