Territorial context in the research on the EU cohesion. One-speed or multi-speed Europe?

Every European Union enlargement has deepened economical divergence between member states and their regions. However, the economic aspect of this issue is only a part of a broad scope of reasons of its internal diversity, including also social, cultural or cognitive dimensions. The history of so called “Lisbon process†and failing in achieving Lisbon aims is one of most clear examples of failures of realization one common strategy for all EU member states. Different rates of economic growth or different level of innovativeness or human capital development has made every attempt to measure and execute this processes with one “best-fit†method virtually impossible. Difficulties in measuring EU convergence, which have economic, social, territorial and other aspects are connected not only in problems emerging from the formal issues but also, or primarily, in differences between incremental processes inside EU. EU regions are repeatedly finding “different routes to the same destinationâ€. It does not mean, however there are better or worse routes, since every one emerges from different spring. In these context, regional science can derive from intellectual heritage of institutionalism, which assumes, inter alia, that historical path of development implies the way economic actors act to achieve their objectives. In a broader context, institutional environment (often shaped in the conditions of spatial proximity), not only constitutes the framework but also can be a source of new ideas and thus – it can contribute to regional competitiveness. Bearing this in mind, one must state that what can really decide about the value of the European Union, it is a variability of institutional contexts of regional development. This thesis can successfully refer to research programs aiming at measuring EU member states’ and regions’ development conditions and achievements. In other words, research program on regional development should be adapted to the specificities of the member countries and regions. The aim of this paper is to verify (referring to the institutional economics framework), to what extent the demand for capturing diversity by research methods in regional science can be reconciled with methodological regime and the need to ensure comparability of results.

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Słowo wstępne do: Functioning of the Local Production Systems in Central and Eastern European Countries and Siberia. Case Studies and Comparative Studies, ed. Mariusz E. Sokołowicz.Monograph financed under a contract of execution of the international scientific project within 7th Framework Programme of the European Union, co-financed by Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education (title: “Functioning of the Local Production Systems in the Conditions of Economic Crisis (Comparative Analysis and Benchmarking for the EU and Beyond”)). Monografia sfinansowana w oparciu o umowę o wykonanie projektu między narodowego w ramach 7. Programu Ramowego UE, współfinansowanego ze środków Ministerstwa Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego (tytuł projektu: „Funkcjonowanie lokalnych systemów produkcyjnych w warunkach kryzysu gospodarczego (analiza porównawcza i benchmarking w wybranych krajach UE oraz krajach trzecich”))

Urban revitalization from an economic perspective theoretical reflections and their practical implications for revitalization projects

The economic perspective in the field of planning and governing cities has a tradition stretching back over two hundred years. This long period of time has allowed for the elaboration of a set of theses, assumptions and analytical perspectives, while at the same time enabling researchers to join them with other points of view concerning cities. The inclusion of this perspective remains particularly important in contemporary urban revitalization processes, which are characterized by the far-reaching diversity of urban users and urban ownership structures. The paper identifies the key challenges for the professionals designing changes in urban spaces aimed at their renewal, while at the same time incorporating the economic perspective. Among them, one can mention primarily the necessity to identify the needs of the urban space users as a starting point for any actions taken; the ability to reach relevant target groups and to open up dialogue with them; and last but not least identification of both the functional and ownership urban structures. These challenges should be perceived as the prerequisite conditions to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of urban revitalization projects. Moreover, in a wider sense this paper indicates the need to incorporate revitalization projects in the overall context of the urban economy, which involves strengthening of the economic base of towns and cities as well as the search for effective sources of financing urban development.Perspektywa ekonomiczna w problematyce projektowania miast i zarządzania nimi ma już niemal dwusetletnią tradycję. Okres ten pozwolił na wypracowanie szeregu tez, założeń i perspektyw analitycznych, pozwalających na łączenie ich z innymi punktami widzenia na zagadnienia rozwoju miast. Uwzględnienie tej perspektywy pozostaje szczególnie ważne w kontekście współczesnych przedsięwzięć rewitalizacji miast, które cechuje daleko idąca różnorodność użytkowników i struktur własnościowych. W niniejszym artykule zidentyfikowano kluczowe wyzwania dla osób projektujących zmiany przestrzeni miast z perspektywy ekonomicznej dla ich ponownego ożywienia. Istotna jest w tym przypadku konieczność identyfikacji potrzeb użytkowników przestrzeni jako punkt wyjścia do podejmowanych działań, umiejętność dotarcia do odpowiednich grup docelowych i prowadzenia dialogu z nimi oraz identyfikacja struktury funkcjonalnej i własnościowej jako warunków koniecznych dla zapewnienia skuteczności i efektywności działań rewitalizacyjnych. W szerszym ujęciu wskazano na konieczność wkomponowania rewitalizacji w ogólny kontekst gospodarki miasta, odwołujący się do wzmacniania jego bazy ekonomicznej oraz poszukiwania efektywnych źródeł finansowania rozwoju

Are Poland and Ukraine Gravity Centres for Each Other? Study on the Labour Migration Patterns

The paper consists of three parts. It starts with an introduction followed, by theoretical backgrounds of migration, outlining its main types and models. The next parts highlight the volume, directions and structure of migration flows for Ukraine and Poland. The evolution of the Ukraine-Poland migration channel and its mutual effect on the economies of both countries is highlighted in the final part

Institutional economics – a potential tool of the research on socio-economic development of regions

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Koordynacja polityki proinwestycyjnej w procesach umiędzynarodowienia metropolii. Studium przypadku Łódzkiego Obszaru Metropolitalnego (ŁOM)

Internationalization of economic activity, by opening local economy for global capital flows in the form of foreign direct investment (FDI), is nowadays one of the main conditions of enhancing metropolitan potential of a given area. What also gives evidence about the attractiveness and effectiveness in attracting subsidiaries and branches of transnational corporations (TNCs), is the ability of metropolitan areas (understood as very complex and composite functional urban units), to integrate and coordinate such policies, like: land use planning, public transport, infrastructure, but also investors- oriented place marketing. The aim of this paper is to present the level of coordination of pro-investment policy in the Łódź Metropolitan Area. The analysis is based on research conducted among both public bodies and big foreign directs investors from its local and regional administrative units. It leads to conclusion that cooperation between many authorities engaged in investors-oriented marketing is quite limited and metropolitan area as the whole is lacking a common strategy to attract investors. It seems that in the present stage of Łódź Metropolitan Area development, stronger and more formalized forms of metropolitan integration, should be taken into account

Marketing terytorialny

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Territorial context in the research on the EU cohesion. One-speed or multi-speed Europe?

A picture of European economy is differential. There is no doubt one could really identify one simple reason of this. There are for sure not only size of the country, number of its inhabitants, stage of development or geopolitical location separately, that can decide about it. This is rather a combination of these and many other (later discussed) elements responsible for this. In this context it should be noted that for such a wide variety of structures, a “one-size-fits-all” strategy of building European competitiveness cannot be implemented. That is why an author shares an increasingly common thesis that there is no one-speed Europe and the real value of the “European” is not determined by its uniformity, but the variety of territorialities. Bearing this in mind, one must state that what can really decide about the power of the European Union, it is a variability of institutional contexts of regional development. The aim of this paper is to overview an compile the increasingly popular discussion among regional economists (with the usage of institutional economics framework), to what extent the demand for diversity of research methods in regional science (e.g. triangulation of quantitative and qualitative methods), can be reconciled with methodological regime and the need to ensure the comparability of results