scholarly journals Opportunities for Cross-Border Entrepreneurship Development in a Cluster Model Exemplified by the Polish–Czech Border Region

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Kurowska-Pysz
Author(s):  
Viktor Tsekhanovich

In Ukraine, another, new form of cooperation is cross-border clusters. The cluster model of management is extremely popular in the European Union, because it is due to a favorable combination of regional factors and the subsequent development of links between enterprises within the cluster. Cross-border cooperation in the form of clusters contributes to ensuring the appropriate level of domestic production, attracting investment and increasing the efficiency and development of the region itself. At the same time, the cluster model of cross-border cooperation has not become widespread in Ukraine. The main feature of this form is that the cluster members are located in different tax, customs, legislative environments, but can have joint ventures, use common infrastructure and operate in cross-border markets. At the same time, the intensity of cooperation is limited by the presence of borders, which create additional barriers to the free movement of goods, labor, capital, as well as differences in mentalities, traditions, language, etc., which can reduce the effectiveness of cooperation without clear mechanisms to avoid or reduce these barriers. Analysis of all aspects of the concept of a cross-border cluster in euroregions allows us to interpret it as a form of integration of independent companies and associated institutions, geographically they are concentrated in a cross-border region, specialize in various industries related to common technologies and skills and complement each other, which is based on availability of an agreed development strategy for cluster participants aimed at implementing interests of each of them and the territory of cluster localization. However, it should be noted that an important stimulus euroregional development has the development of clusters that have high prospects and, as foreign experience shows, allow join the joint decision socio-economic problems of the territories, business associations, science, education and government to create a new one efficient economy of the euroregion


Author(s):  
Олена Володимирівна Зарічна

The paper describes the simulation modelling process for entrepreneurship development through cross-border partnerships. A technological modelling framework based on the application of a simulation method to enhance business support through cross-border partnership is grounded. By analyzing the current state and selecting the border region development strategy, the key problems to be addressed in the long term have been identified. A range of actions formed at two levels to facilitate entrepreneurship development based on cross-border partnership have been simulated: in particular, the analysis and forecast of cross-border region resource potential and construction of managerial decisions options on boosting business development through cross-border partnerships. A simulation model which allows to build scenarios for the cross-border region development has been proposed, aimed at addressing the two major issues, namely: identifying the region development markers and facilitating on this basis qualitatively different variants of its dynamics and a comprehensive analysis and evaluation of each of the obtained variants, along with exploring their structure and possible consequences of their implementation. Specifically, further research in simulation modelling involves conducting a targeted computational experiments, the content of which is determined by a preliminary analytical study (usually with application of experiment planning methods and the results are mathematically valid.


2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Barthel ◽  
Ewelina Barthel

Abstract This paper focuses on the largely unexamined phenomenon of the developing trans-national suburban area west of Szczecin. Sadly the local communities in this functionally connected area struggle with national planning policies that are unsuitable for the region. The paper examines the impact of those processes on the border region in general and on the localities in particular. The paper investigates the consequences for local narratives and the cohesive development of the Euroregion and what position Polish and German communities took to develop the region, even without the necessary planning support. The region has succeeded in establishing grass-roots planning mechanisms which have helped to create a metropolitan-region working from the bottom up.


2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro Yáñez-Arancibia ◽  
John W. Day

The arid border region that encompasses the American Southwest and the Mexican northwest is an area where the nexus of water scarcity and climate change in the face of growing human demands for water, emerging energy scarcity, and economic change comes into sharp focus.


2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitch van Hensbergen ◽  
Casper D. J. den Heijer ◽  
Petra Wolffs ◽  
Volker Hackert ◽  
Henriëtte L. G. ter Waarbeek ◽  
...  

Abstract Background The Dutch province of Limburg borders the German district of Heinsberg, which had a large cluster of COVID-19 cases linked to local carnival activities before any cases were reported in the Netherlands. However, Heinsberg was not included as an area reporting local or community transmission per the national case definition at the time. In early March, two residents from a long-term care facility (LTCF) in Sittard, a Dutch town located in close vicinity to the district of Heinsberg, tested positive for COVID-19. In this study we aimed to determine whether cross-border introduction of the virus took place by analysing the LTCF outbreak in Sittard, both epidemiologically and microbiologically. Methods Surveys and semi-structured oral interviews were conducted with all present LTCF residents by health care workers during regular points of care for information on new or unusual signs and symptoms of disease. Both throat and nasopharyngeal swabs were taken from residents suspect of COVID-19, based on regional criteria, for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 by Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction. Additionally, whole genome sequencing was performed using a SARS-CoV-2 specific amplicon-based Nanopore sequencing approach. Moreover, twelve random residents were sampled for possible asymptomatic infections. Results Out of 99 residents, 46 got tested for COVID-19. Out of the 46 tested residents, nineteen (41%) tested positive for COVID-19, including 3 asymptomatic residents. CT-values for asymptomatic residents seemed higher compared to symptomatic residents. Eleven samples were sequenced, along with three random samples from COVID-19 patients hospitalized in the regional hospital at the time of the LTCF outbreak. All samples were linked to COVID-19 cases from the cross-border region of Heinsberg, Germany. Conclusions Sequencing combined with epidemiological data was able to virtually prove cross-border transmission at the start of the Dutch COVID-19 epidemic. Our results highlight the need for cross-border collaboration and adjustment of national policy to emerging region-specific needs along borders in order to establish coordinated implementation of infection control measures to limit the spread of COVID-19.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7225
Author(s):  
Tamás Hardi ◽  
Marcell Kupi ◽  
Gyula Ocskay ◽  
Eszter Szemerédi

There are numerous examples of cross-border regions in Europe, which are regions not properly demarcated by national borders. One of the main driving forces of the European Union is to turn the dividing borders into connecting borders by strengthening the cohesion between states and regions, thus, encouraging regions to remedy the existing ethnic and cultural fragmentation by increasing the intensity and number of cross-border contacts. Our research focuses on proving that, in symbolic places, such as the cross-border area of Komárom and Komárno, the cultural values, monuments, and heritage sites are the strongest attraction factors for nationality-based cultural tourism. To support our hypothesis, we conducted an empirical survey within the framework of the H2020 SPOT (Social and Innovative Platform on Cultural Tourism and its potential towards deepening Europeanisation) in the cross-border region of Komárom and Komárno. The evaluation concentrated on four aspects of cultural tourism: the nature of cultural tourism in the area, the resident and visitor perceptions of the cultural tourism offerings, opportunities to increase cross-border collaboration, and options to improve the cultural tourism offerings of the area. Our results show that, although there is a great potential in the cross-border tourist destination of Komárom–Komárno, the integration of the (once united) two towns is advancing very slowly, which can be witnessed in the weaknesses of tourism integration as well.


Diabetology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-76
Author(s):  
Maria Tzilini ◽  
Dimitris Folinas ◽  
Kyriakos Kazakos

“Continuity of Care” is the main prerequisite for the unhindered movement of people across borders within the European Union (EU). The COntinuity of care in MEtabolic diseases through modern TECHnology (COMETECH) project aims to address the problem of inadequate access to health system services to people who live in isolated communities in Greece and North Macedonia cross-border areas. As the project is almost completed, 4 e-health units—2 in each country—have been established in isolated and deprived communities, aiming at introducing “Continuity of Care” for patients with diabetes in the border region between those countries. The establishment of the e-health units allows affordable access to medical services within Greece-North Macedonia cross-border area. These units (equipped with state-of-the-art medical devices, supported by an advanced software application and medical staff) record data of local people and offer valuable and high-quality medical care services. The records of the EU citizens using the COMETECH services are safely and easily accessible by their physicians. This paper presents the user requirements of e-health units and the medical devices that are set up for the COMETECH Project for helping people with diabetes in the targeted countries.


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