Cultural and creative industries development on cities: a perspective from urban innovation ecosystems by Yue Dong, Qingfeng Zhang

“…As an emerging economic form, the cultural and creative industries (CCI) have gradually become a key force in driving urban economic transformation and enhancing urban competitiveness. …”
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Turisti a Lampedusa. Note sul nesso tra mobilità e patrimonio nel Mediterraneo by Francesco Vietti

“…This contribution focuses on the case of Lampedusa, through an ethnographic research aimed at investigating the role played by mobility in the subsequent historical periods of social, cultural and economic transformation of the island. By studying the processes of heritage-making underway, with particular reference to the local cult of Our Lady of Porto Salvo, the aim is to highlight the ways in which migrations have been integrated into the cultural heritage of Lampedusa and have become a constitutive part of its tourist image.…”
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The European Union Strategy for the Adriatic- Ionian Region: An Alternative to the European Integration in the Western Balkans? by Vasileios MIGKOS, Murat ÖNSOY

“…Despite the European Union (EU)-sponsored economic and political reforms, the Western Balkans has made little to no progress in several fields, including post-conflict reconciliation, post-socialist economic transformation, and democracy. This situation threatens both regional stability and, more importantly, the EU integration process in the region. …”
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Regional Development Trends and the Regional Development Institutions in the Visegrad Countries – Enabling or Hindering Institutional Environment? by György Nagyházi

“…The reasons behind these different regional development trajectories mostly have been contributed quite rightly to the economic transformation processes where these post-socialist countries have to reorganize and to reconstruct their economies. …”
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Comment approfondir la coopération entre rive nord et rive sud de la Méditerranée : Un renouveau économique tenant compte des effets de la rente sur le Sud de la Méditerranée... by Hartmut Elsenhans

“…The EU could address this lack of agricultural surplus by assigning its own agricultural surplus to the economic transformation of the Arab world, in this way promoting social and political stability on the basis of the comparative advantage that will appear when the Arab world has managed its industrialization. …”
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From Commons to Capital: The Creative Destruction of Coastal Real Estate, Environments, and Communities in the US South by Andrew W. Kahrl

“…But while histories of the Sunbelt recognize the role of vacation and leisure-based development in the region’s economic transformation in the second half of the twentieth century, the social and environmental effects of coastal development remain under-examined. …”
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Did GRW Investment Grants Contribute to the Catching-up of East Germany? by Eva Dettmann, Matthias Brachert, Lutz Schneider, Mirko Titze

“…Abstract The joint task force ‘Improving Regional Economic Structures’ (GRW) is the most important regional policy scheme in Germany and was extensively used to support the economic transformation process in the new states after reunification. …”
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Influence of Industrialisation on Economic Growth: A Case Study of Mbarara City. by Agaba, Gordon

“…The policy implications of this research are that industrialization remains one of the important tools of economic transformation in Uganda and the successful implementation of the industrialization strategies in the Mbarara city is one of the clear pathways to economic growth.…”
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NEW CHALLENGES FACING RETAIL AND MARKETING – SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AND INNOVATIONS OF TRADE ENTERPRISES by Magdalena Stefańska, Grażyna Śmigielska

“…What is more, they are also leaders in innovation – these are the retail companies that adopted a number of innovations during the economic transformation period. In the last part of the article the companies’ objectives are confronted with the consumers’ aims, as well as barriers to development and factors conducive to sustainable consumption are discussed.…”
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Mass Higher Education in Russia: Features of Dynamics by V. F. Pugach

“…The main cause of the boom in the sphere of higher education at the turn of the century is the social and economic transformation of the society. The emergence of private universities and fee-based education in the public sector of higher education provided opportunities for broad segments of society. …”
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Master of Arts in Public Administration and Management (MAPAM) by Kabale University

“…Quite a number of agencies, organisations and institutions find themselves persuaded to contribute to the urgency of providing a channel for equipping human resources or personnel with relevant and advanced skills to contribute to the required social economic transformation. The need and call for a very effective and faultless public management system is extremely necessary. …”
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A Selection Model of Strategic Emerging Industries in Fujian Based on Entropy-VIKOR Algorithm by Qionge Zheng, Kunhui Chen, Deyi Kong, Jingxuan Liang, Jingjing Wu

“…The cultivation of strategic emerging industries is strategic to the economic transformation and upgrading in Fujian, a southeastern province of China. …”
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Research on the Impact of Green Finance and Fintech in Smart City by Zheng He, Zhengkai Liu, Hui Wu, Xiaomin Gu, Yuanjun Zhao, Xiaoguang Yue

“…The green development level reflected in the green finance index and the evaluation of the degree of green development in smart cities have important practical effects on economic transformation. For promoting the transformation and upgrading of finance, we select 2013–2019 data and construct a distributed lag model to analyse the important role played by green finance and financial technology in the construction of smart cities. …”
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NEW CHALLENGES FACING RETAIL AND MARKETING – SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AND INNOVATIONS OF TRADE ENTERPRISES by Magdalena Stefańska, Grażyna Śmigielska

“…What is more, they are also leaders in innovation – these are the retail companies that adopted a number of innovations during the economic transformation period. In the last part of the article the companies’ objectives are confronted with the consumers’ aims, as well as barriers to development and factors conducive to sustainable consumption are discussed.…”
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A Retrospective Evaluation of Rural Populations: Social and Economic Challenges, Expectations and Evaluation by Yuriy Hubeni, Vitalii Boiko, Petro Olishchuk

“…The study confirmed the simultaneous increase of confidence in economic transformation and the growth of pessimism in the impact of reforms. …”
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Flexible management in industry as a factor of region’s sustainable development by E. V. Shestakova, A. M. Sitzhanova, R. M. Prytkov

“…The main provisions and conclusions reflect the significance of the research and can be used by industrial enterprises in activities aimed at their development in the conditions of economic transformation. The authors’ recommendations will help to increase the competitiveness of enterprises, their sustainable functioning and development in the regions.…”
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Disruptively regional: How women in Regional, Rural and Remote communities ‘imagine’ with and through digital and social media by Tara BRABAZON, Jacqueline EWART

“…Yet the value of this research transcends media, summoning a model of social, cultural, and economic transformation, through digitization, disintermediation and deterritorialization. …”
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Efficiency Evaluation of Energy in Northeastern China Based on Data Envelopment Analysis by Hongyan Li, Zhiyu Ma, Jie Sun

“…The tertiary industry oriented by service sector is the main force to promote economic transformation. The development of the urban economy will change from high to low as the process of urbanization, which can be characterized by green coverage of the urban built-up area. …”
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Exploring the impact of entrepreneurial orientation and market orientation on entrepreneurial performance in the context of environmental uncertainty by Peng Cheng, Shaoling Wu, Juntao Xiao

“…Abstract In the current complex economic environment, entrepreneurial enterprises, as a crucial force in China’s economic transformation, have vital survival and development strategies. …”
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A Growing Middle Class and Real Estate Development: Spatial change and social conflicts in the densification of Kileleshwa, Nairobi by Jackson Kago, Catherine Gateri, Owiti A K’Akumu

“…We show that Kenya's political and economic transformation since independence has been mirrored in the social and spatial landscape of Kileleshwa. …”
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