Network Strategies in Europe

Contents: Preface; Spatial interaction and information: the pillars of European networks, Maria Giaoutzi and Peter Nijkamp. Part 1 Analysis of Network Structures and Strategies: Networks, innovative capacity and the experimental firm: implications for regional development policy, Luis Suarez-Villa; On the robustness of transportation network structures, Ben Immers and Art Bleukx; Electronic B2B, impact and experiences so far, Dirk-Jan F. Kamann; Integrated mobile spatial information systems and urban services, Maria Giaoutzi and Vassilios Vescoukis; Competition measurement in network industries - the case of air transport, Javier Campos and Manuel Romero; Enabling technologies and spatial job markets, Vassilios Vescoukis. Part 2 European Integration Policy and Network Development: The enlargement of the European Union and the emerging new TEN transport patterns, Christos Dionelis and Maria Giaoutzi; Spatial development and cohesion impacts of European transport investment and pricing policies, Lars Lundqvist; The network versus the corridor concept in transportation planning, Christos Dionelis, Maria Giaoutzi and John Mourmouris; European policy aspects of network integration in the TEN transport, Anastasia Stratigea, Maria Giaoutzi and Constantin Koutsopoulos; European integration policy on telecommunications networks, Vassilios Vescoukis and Maria Giaoutzi. Part 3 Assessment of Network Integration Effects: The network effect of aircraft and high-speed train substitution under airline and railway integration, Moshe Givoni; Airports as nodes in global knowledge networks, Marina van Geenhuizen and Holmer Doornbos; Ports in international networks: a multicriteria evaluation of policy options for accommodating growth, Ron Vreeker, Peter Nijkamp, Ingeborg van Ansem and Ekko van Ierland; Integrated restructuring of urban transport networks: a case study on the Athens tramway system, George Patris, Maria Giaoutzi and John Mourmouris; Experiments on fiscal federalism in