Sustainable regional development, innovation and state capacity

Kümpel, Arndt (2011): Sustainable regional development, innovation and state capacity.

Abstract

The paper sketches the current ecological and economic context of sustainable regional development with focus on the imperative for change to a post carbon economy, the need for innovation within the learning system of public administration and policy challenges for securing system viability.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Sustainable regional development, innovation, state capacity
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights > O38 - Government Policy; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity > O43 - Institutions and Growth; B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B5 - Current Heterodox Approaches > B52 - Institutional ; Evolutionary

References

For an introduction to biodiversity and a case study of biodiversity loss and agricultural supply chain risk see in particular: World Economic Forum (2010): Biodiversity and Business Risk. Accessed at: http://www.pwc.de/de/nachhaltigkeit/assets/Biodiversity_businessrisk.pdf (01.07.2011)

Hubbert, M.K. (1976): Exponential growth as a transient phenomenon in human history. The fragile earth. towards strategies for survival. Accessed at: http://www.hubbertpeak.com/Hubbert/wwf1976/print.htm (01.07.2011)

Michels, G.R. (2010): Nachhaltigkeit und Ordnungspolitik in der Krise. Berlin, p.7

Marrocu, E. et. Al. (2009): Intangible assets and firm productivity. Accessed at: http://crenos.unica.it/crenos/en/ content/intangible-capital-and-firms-productivity (02.07.2011)

Agrighetti, A. et Al. (2011): The determinants of intangible assets in manufacturing firms: Evidence from Italy. Accessed at: http://www.fabiolandini.altervista.org/paper_ALL1.pdf (02.07.2011)

Artis, M. et Al. (2010): Does social capital reinforce technological inputs in the creation of knowledge? Evidence from the Spanish regions. Accessed at: http://www.iareg.org/fileadmin/iareg/media/papers/wp5-10_Miguelez_Moreno_Artis.pdf (02.07.2011)

Marrocu, E. et. Al. (2009), Ibd., p.15

Borner, S. et. Al. (2004): Institutional efficiency and its determinants. The role of political factors in economic growth. Accessed at: http://browse.oecdbookshop.org/oecd/pdfs/free/4104011e.pdf (02.07.2011)

International Monetary Fund (2003): World Economic Outlook, April 2003, Chapter 3. Accessed at: http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2003/01/ (02.07.2011)

Williamson, J. G. (1965): Regional inequality and the process of national development, in: Economic and Cultural Change 13 pp. 1–84

Cerina, F. et. Al. (2009): Is Agglomeration really good for Growth? Global Efficiency and Interregional Equity. Accessed at: http://www.iareg.org/fileadmin/iareg/media/papers/wp5-15_Cerina_Mureddu_2.pdf (02.07.2011)

Farahmand, S. et. Al. (2010): Does the development level influence the relationship between economic growth and urban concentration? (Evidences from Mediterranean Countries and EU). Accessed at: http://gdri.dreem.free.fr/wp-content/b1-2sameti-urbanconcentration.pdf (02.07.2011)

Gyuris, F. (2009): Dynamics of inter- and intraregional development disparities in time in China and in East Central Europe. Accessed at: http://geogr.elte.hu/ref/REF_Cikkek/GyurisFerenc/gyurisf_jiaxing_2009_eng.pdf (02.07.2011)

And specific for the Chinese case: Ohnishi, H. (2007): Forming Kuznets Curve among Chinese Provinces. Accessed at: http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ker/76/2/155/_pdf (02.07.2011)

Brülhart, M., et. Al. (2008): Agglomeration and growth: Cross-country evidence. Accessed at: http://www.hec.unil.ch/mbrulhar/papers/agglogrowth.pdf (02.07.2011) and for the European Union: Szörfi, B. (2007): Development and Regional Disparities – Testing the Williamson Curve Hypothesis in the European Union, pp.100. Accessed at: http://www.oenb.at/en/img/feei_2007_2_tcm16-79078.pdf (02.07.2011)

Henderson, J. V. (2000): The effects of urban concentration on economic growth. Accessed at: http://jpkc.ecnu.edu.cn/ggzcgl/shoukejiaoan/chengshiguihua/How Urban Concentration Affects Economic Growth.pdf (02.07.2011)

Ibid., p.26

Szöfi, B. (2007), pp.111

Von Weizsäcker, C. F. (1991), Bewußtseinswandel. München Rodrik, D. et. Al. (2003): The primacy of institutions (what it does and what it does not mean), p. 33. Accessed at: http://www.ppge.ufrgs.br/giacomo/arquivos/eco02237/rodrik-subramanian-2003.pdf (02.07.2011)

Van Dooren, W. et. Al. (2008): Institutional drivers of efficiency in the public sector, p.20. Accessed at: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/42/38/40305170.pdf (01.07.2011).

Serrat, O. (2009): Building a learning Organization. Accessed at: http://www.adb.org/Documents/Information/Knowledge-Solutions/Building-a-Learning-Organization.pdf (02.07.2011)

Asby, W.R. (1958): Requisite variety and its implications for the control of complex systems. Accessed at: http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/Books/AshbyReqVar.pdf (03.07.2011)

Van Dooren, W. et. Al. (2008), p.20

The three parts of the ,,Trilemma of Federalism’’ are: 1) The principle of fiscal equivalence, which means the congruence between the territorial scope of government actions and their respective financing. 2) The principle of power-sharing between the federal level, and the sub-national entities regarding the decisions on fiscal issues. 3) The principle of equality of living conditions in each of the sub-national entities.

Feld, L. (2005): Fiscal equivalence and the increasing dispersion / divergence of public goods claims – Do we need a new interpretion?, in: Färber, G.; Otter, N. (2005): Spation aspects of federative systems. Speyer. pp. 147

FOCJ – Functional Overlapping Competing Jurisdications. For further details about FOCJ’s see: Frey, B.S. et. Al. (1996): To harmonise or to compete? That’s not the question, in: Journal of Public Economics 60 (1996), pp. 335-349; Frey, B.S. (2005): Functional Overlapping Competing Jusrisdications: Redrawing the geographic borders of administration. Accessed at: http://www.bsfrey.ch/articles/436_05.pdf (03.07.2011)

Feld, L. et. Al. (2004): Fiscal Federalism and Economic Performance:Evidence from Swiss Cantons. Accessed at: http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~bo3/informations/pdf/Feld_Federalism.pdf (03.07.2011)

Frey, B.S. et. Al. (2007): Tax morale and conditional cooperation. Accessed at: http://www.bsfrey.ch/articles/453_07.pdf (03.07.2011)

In this radio interview Nobel prize laureate 2009 Elinor Ostrom argues that people should be empowered to organize themselves in small ways that scale up to a global network. Government can be helpful in doing that, but people shouldn't rely on it alone. Accessed at: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2009/10/podcast_elinor_ostrom_checks_i.html (04.07.2011)