Ausgabe 2/2021
Special Issue: Policy options for lagging regions—effects, new approaches and emerging challenges
Inhalt (6 Artikel)
Open Access
Introduction
Policy options for lagging regions—effects, new approaches and emerging challenges: introduction to the special issue
Thomas Brenner, Annekatrin Niebuhr
Open Access
Original Paper
Solving the restructuring problems of (former) old industrial regions with smart specialization? Conceptual thoughts and evidence from the Ruhr
Robert Hassink, Matthias Kiese
Original Paper
Building a bridge over the valley of death? New pathways for innovation policy in structurally weak regions
Björn Alecke, Timo Mitze, Annekatrin Niebuhr
Open Access
Original Paper
Recruitment of scarce competences to rural regions: Policy perspectives
Kristina Nyström
Open Access
Original Paper
Prerequisites and initial developments for economic specialization in lagging regions—A study of specialized villages in Iran
Masoumeh Ghorbani, Thomas Brenner