Evaluation Method Development for Regional Economies Competitiveness

Regional Economies and Innovative Performance as the Source of Competitiveness and Agglomeration: a System Dynamics Representation

This article makes use of the system dynamics to argue that a number of theories about the performance of territories, developed in the past 20 years, are more complementary than alternative; to demonstrate this, a model of local economy coherent with these schools is designed and simulated. According to these theories, the ability to produce and use knowledge is at the centre of regional compe...

Ensemble PROMETHEE II Method for Port Competitiveness Evaluation

Abstract PROMETHEE is an important method for multi-criteria decision-making. Inspired by ensemble methods, this paper proposes an ensemble PROMETHEE II model, in which multiple preference functions are used to reduce the risk of choosing a particularly preference function. One example of competitiveness evaluation of the ports of Circum-Bohai-Sea is included to illustrate the proposed method. ...

APPLICATION OF PREFERENCE RANKING ORGANIZATION METHOD FOR ENRICHMENT EVALUATION METHOD IN ENERGY PLANNING - REGIONAL LEVEL

Nowadays energy is one of the most essential needs of human being and it can be considered as the basic prerequisite of social and economic development.  Hence, many of the correlations and legislations of a country are affected by it. Since Iran has huge source of gas and oil, it has turned to a fossil fuel oriented county. But as oil and gas sources are non-renewable ones and cannot be replac...

Sustainable economic development in energy rich economies: A regional approach

Sustainability Appraisal of Regional Development Assistance in Remote Rural Economies:

By using its Structural Funds to deliver a coherent programme of assistance based on logical principles, the European Union has taken a leading role in strengthening the capacity of the Scottish Highlands and Islands to deliver effective regional development strategies. This paper demonstrates how this has enabled the region to modify its policies, plans and programmes to satisfy the growing em...