In Europe, economic activity is concentrated more and more in the major urban centres. At the same time, these cities are in a competition with one another. Across Europe they are contending for investors and qualified workers and searching for the most successful path to a dynamic economic future. Which cities in Europe have made the greatest economic progress in the past? What are the factors that have made some cities more successful than others? And what action can cities take to achieve greater economic growth in the future?
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This article is a summary of the studies by M. B r ä u n i n g e r, S. S t i l l e r : Europas Beste – Vorbilder für deutsche Metropolen im Standortwettbewerb, 2005, and Europas Beste – Ein Update, 2007, both published by HypoVereinsbank.
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Bräuninger, M., Stiller, S. Europe's Leading Cities – Success Factors and Policy Perspectives. Intereconomics 42, 335–340 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10272-007-0235-6
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