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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Regional competitiveness"”.
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SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF COMMERCIAL PORTS AND WHARVES IN SOUTHWEST ENGLAND: A GROUNDED THEORY APPROACH TO REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS
The Southwest Region, as defined by the SW Regional Development Agency, forms an extended peninsula with a coastline of 1,020 km, the longest of any region in England. All along this coastline are fishing ports, commercial ports, small wharves, closed ports, ferry ports and leisure ports. Amongst …
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An inductive investigation into relationships between geographically co-located actors : the contribution of relationship marketing to regional competitiveness
… This thesis isolates and defines two modes of regional marketing activity, a defensive and an offensive variant. It is to the defensive variant that this thesis makes contributions by proposing a macro theory of relevant marketing geography, a regional relationship lifecycle that examines the …
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Regional and Firm Level Determinants of International Competitiveness: An Examination of SME’s Role, Capability and Competencies
… region can become more competitive and how this competitiveness can be measured is open to debate. This thesis presents work based upon two aspects that have been proffered as to how competitiveness at the country and region level can be explained, that is through investment (via Foreign Direct …
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A Fourth Way : the role of cultural heritage in embedding place-driven innovation
… on identification and assertion of unique regional assets as drivers of innovation and regional competitiveness. Interpretation, development and evaluation of place in the context of S3 has been previously dominated by two conceptually static definitions: a physical understanding of place …
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Governing regional telecommunication networks in a developing region: the SADC case
… been one of the primary strategies to improve regional competitiveness. With the global economy underpinned by a dynamic communication infrastructure, African regional economic communities (RECs) have increasingly recognised the importance of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in …
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Capturing environmental innovation through industrial cluster programs in the United States
… strategies strive to increase local and regional competitiveness by building links among relevant companies and local institutions, while also upgrading the conditions of the business environment that raise productivity and innovation. This study examines the trajectory of two water …