Portuguese strategic choices led, during the last two decades, to an overall situation of some positive achievements in which the regions of Lisbon and Algarve have been the only ones to converge towards the European average growth rate. Regarding the other Portuguese regions, and despite...

This paper investigates patterns of manufacturing location in the context of increased economic integration in Central and East European countries. Using regional data for the period 1990-1999, we identify and compare patterns and determinants of manufacturing location in five European Union...