Objective This project will investigate the challenges and prospects for cross border co-operation for entrepreneurs in border areas affected by EU enlargement. The project will identify sources of threats and opportunities for entrepreneurship in selected border regions, together with the types of policy response required at the EU, national and regional levels to influence these, as well any implications with respect to a need for new forms of governance. It will investigate the experience of various actors, such as local authorities, business associations, business support organisations, informal network groups, households, as well as enterprises of different sizes, with respect to different forms of formal and informal co-operation across borders.In analysing the scope and nature of cross-border co-operation, the project will particularly focus on the role of trust, and on individual and collective learning, assessed in relation to other factors, as influences on the success of these cross-border relationships, in terms of their longevity and the benefits that accrue to the respective partners. Following a review of the existing evidence base and of relevant theoretical literature, the methodology employed will involve a combination of secondary data and primary, empirical investigation in selected case study border regions in Finland, Germany, Poland, Greece, Bulgaria and Estonia.Outputs from the project will include practical policy recommendations to the various stakeholders and a practical guide on cross-border co-operation, including evidence based recommendations aimed at both institutions and entrepreneurs. Fields of science social sciencessociologygovernancesocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managemententrepreneurship Keywords SMEs clusters cross-border co-operation entrepreneurship governance institutions trust Programme(s) FP6-CITIZENS - Citizens and Governance in a knowledge-based society: Thematic Priority 7 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research Programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) CITIZENS-2004-4.2.1 - New EU borders, new visions of neighbourhood CITIZENS - Citizens and governance in a knowledge-based society Call for proposal FP6-2004-CITIZENS-5 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator KINGSTON UNIVERSITY. Address River house 53-57 high street Kingston-upon-thames United Kingdom See on map Links Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT Poland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Sienkiewicza 9 Lodz See on map Links Website Opens in new window TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Estonia EU contribution € 0,00 Address Ehitajate tee 5 Tallinn See on map TURKU SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Finland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Rehtorinpellonkatu 3 Turku See on map Links Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITY FOR NATIONAL AND WORLD ECONOMY Bulgaria EU contribution € 0,00 Address Students town 'hristo botev', university of national and world economy Sofia See on map Links Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA OF ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES Greece EU contribution € 0,00 Address Egnatia street 156 Thessaloniki See on map Links Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Herrengarten 3 Siegen See on map Links Website Opens in new window
