Regional Policy and Greenfield Investments in German Districts

Transportation policy and road investments

This paper analyses which factors can explain the planned funding for 83 different stretches of roads in the Norwegian national road network during the ten-year period from 2010 to 2019. Previous studies have focused on the extent to which Norwegian politicians use the results of cost-benefit analyses when they prioritise various road projects. In contrast, we analyse how road characteristics, ...

Acquisitions versus Greenfield Investments: International Strategy and Management of Entry Modes

This paper adds an important explanatory variable to the well-established list of factors shown to influence the choice between foreign acquisitions and greenfield investments: the international strategy followed by the multinational company (MNC) in question. The MNC’s international strategy is subsequently linked to the management of the two different entry modes by showing that differences i...

Regional Economie Transformation and Social Overhead Investments

The paper aims to offer a methodological and applicable framework for assessing empirically the impacts of social overhead investments (or infrastructure investments) on the deveiopment of a region in terms of its investment and employment levels. The paper begins with a concise overview of various theories/methods and puts forward the Tinbergen hypothesis that programme effects of infrastructu...

German Industrial Policy: an Overview

Evidence for Policy Making: Health Services Access and Regional Disparities in Kerman

Background and purpose: Health indices, regarding to their role in the development of society, are one of the most important indices at national level. Success of national development programs is largely dependent on the establishment of appropriate goals at the health sector, among which access to healthcare facilities is an essential requirement. The aim of this study was to examine the dispa...