OECD Territorial Reviews [electronic resource].
Publishing, OECD.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development StaffCorporate Author
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2012.
The OECD territorial review of Småland-Blekinge presents an overview of recent trends, regional policies and governance arrangements of this region that is made up of four counties in South-East Sweden: Jönköping,  Kronoberg, Kalmar and Blekinge. The challenges include the need to facilitate a shift from the region's historic specialisation in medium-low and low technology manufacturing towards more knowledge-intensive activities. This will require addressing the supply of human capital, improving connectivity and enhancing the attractiveness of the region. A regionalisation reform is now unde
Description based upon print version of record.
Foreword; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; Assessment and recommendations; Trends and challenges; Introduction; The national context; The regional context: uneven patterns in the Småland-Blekinge region; Factors of growth; Conclusion; Note; Bibliography; Annex 1.A1. OECD regional classificationand regional typology; Annex 1.A2. Methodology for the decompositionof factors of growth; Annex 1.A3. Indicators of specialisation; Economic competitiveness in the Småland-Blekinge region; Introduction; Adjusting to the demographic challenge
Improving the attractiveness and opportunities of Småland-BlekingeConclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Governance and co-operation in Småland-Blekinge; Introduction; Regional governance and territorial co-operation in Småland-Blekinge; Analysing territorial reform; Towards better governance of regional development; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Annex 3.A1. Administrative organisation of some of the main national public agencies
The OECD territorial review of Småland-Blekinge presents an overview of recent trends, regional policies and governance arrangements of this region that is made up of four counties in South-East Sweden: Jönköping,  Kronoberg, Kalmar and Blekinge. The challenges include the need to facilitate a shift from the region's historic specialisation in medium-low and low technology manufacturing towards more knowledge-intensive activities. This will require addressing the supply of human capital, improving connectivity and enhancing the attractiveness of the region. A regionalisation reform is now unde
Blekinge län (Sweden) -- Economic conditions.
Blekinge län (Sweden) -- Economic policy.
Regional planning -- Sweden -- Blekinge län.
Regional planning -- Sweden -- Småland (Region).
Småland (Sweden : Region) -- Economic conditions.
Småland (Sweden : Region) -- Economic policy.
OECD Territorial Reviews