Local Economies and Global Competitiveness

ZOLTAN J. ACS School of Public Policy, George Mason University, USADAVIDE ANTONIOLI Department of Economics, Institutions and Territory (DEIT), University of Ferrara, ItalyTUENDE CSERPES Eoetvoes Lorand University (ELTE), Budapest, HungaryPETER CSIZMADIA Institute of Sociology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS), Budapest, Hungary LUTZ EIGENHUELLER IAB Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, GermanySTEFAN FUCHS IAB Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, GermanyGEREMIA GIOS Department of Economics, University of Trento, ItalyILARIA GOIO Department of Economics, University of Trento, ItalyALESSANDRO GRETTER IASMA Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Trento, Italy MIKLOS ILLESY Institute of Sociology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS), Budapest, HungaryICHIRO IWASAKI Institute of Economic Research at Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, JapanWALDO KRUGELL School of Economics, North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South AfricaNICOLE LITZEL University of Regensburg and IAB Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, GermanyCSABA MAKO Institute of Sociology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS), Budapest, HungaryMARIANNE MATTHEE School of Economics, North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South AfricaMASSIMILIANO MAZZANTI Department of Economics, Institutions and Territory (DEIT), University of Ferrara, ItalyJOACHIM MOELLER University of Regensburg, Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg and IZA, GermanySANDRO MONTRESOR Department of Economics, University of Bologna, ItalyWIM NAUDE World Institute for Development Economics Research, United Nations University, Helsinki, FinlandCONNIE L. MCNEELY School of Public Policy, George Mason University, USAPIER CARLO PADOAN OECD and University of Rome, ItalyPAOLO PINI Department of Economics, Institutions and Territory (DEIT), University of Ferrara, ItalySILVIA SACCHETTI Stirling Management School, University of Stirling, UKJOSEPH SANY School of Public Policy, George Mason University, USAMARIO SCERRI Institute for Economic Research on Innovation (IERI), Faculty of Economics and Finance, Tshwane University of Technology, South AfricaMARIA LUIGIA SEGNANA Department of Economics, University of Trento, ItalyROGER SUGDEN Stirling Management School, University of Stirling, UKZOLTAN SZANTO Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary MIKLOS SZANYI Institute of World Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS), Budapest, HungaryDebrecen University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, HungaryCHIARA TOMASI Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna and University of Urbino, ItalyISTVAN JANOS TOTH Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (IE HAS), Budapest, HungaryGIUSEPPE VITTUCCI MARZETTI Department of Economics, University of Trento, ItalyZHIKAI WANG School of Economics, Zhejiang University, China