Effective governance for competitive regions in Europe: The difficult case of the Randstad

GeoJournal

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 45-57

  Lambregts, Bart ^a   Janssen Jansen, Leonie ^a   Haran, Nadav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Competitive regions; European regional policy; Europeanization; Governance; Institutional change; Randstad

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION;

NETHERLANDS;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

COMPETITIVENESS; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; REGIONAL POLICY;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; RANDSTAD; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 48349145995     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-008-9164-6     Document Type: Review

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