New Forms Of Cooperation Research Articles

Variegated transnational partnerships: Multi-scalar actor networks in China’s overseas industrial parks

The development of overseas industrial parks is a key component of the Belt and Road Initiative and a practical way of promoting inclusive globalization by introducing new forms of cooperation between China and the host countries. In this paper, the Thai-Chinese Rayong Industrial Zone (TCRIZ), and the China-Indonesia Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone (KITIC) are discussed in the context of the evolving development strategies and trajectories through three interrelated conceptual lenses — policy mobility, actor networks, and partnerships. The actor-network theory provides a lens to analyze how policy mobility and partnerships develop for two industrial zone case studies. The development, which involves a multi-scalar process, is shaped by the interactions among the national states, the regional governments and corporations against a background of globalization. Three types of transnational actor partnership networks have been identified, namely, hierarchical partnership, spontaneous partnership, and hybrid partnership. A highlight of the study is the role that the partnerships play in the process of policy mobility when it comes to the overseas industrial zones. It is argued that the partnerships are the key to achieving technology transfer on a cross-national basis, and the effectiveness of the technology transfer is dependent on partner selection and the roles of the actors in policy mobility.

СРАВНИТЕЛЬНЫЙ ОБЗОР МЕЖДУНАРОДНОЙ ФИНАНСОВОЙ ПОЛИТИКИ В СФЕРЕ НАЛОГООБЛОЖЕНИЯ ЦИФРОВЫХ АКТИВОВ

Digitalization is rapidly gaining momentum around the world: new technologies are being invented, new forms of cooperation are being practiced, and new forms of payments are emerging. Taking into account the all-consuming globalization and internationalization of the economy, the world community does not have time to properly adapt legislation to adequately regulate settlement and tax processes. While some States are trying to maximize the benefits of "transparent data" to optimize business processes and even create a better tax and regulatory framework, others are only now beginning to look at the cryptocurrency or, on the contrary, completely prohibit its use. The authors review the features of tax regulation of cryptocurrencies in the United States, Europe, Latin America and Asia. The author presents the concept of cryptocurrency as an object of taxation, based on the analysis of individual scientific approaches to the definition of "cryptocurrency" and the types of operations involving it. During the preparation of the article, it was revealed that the use of digital assets in the status of payment means implies the application of personal income tax, while their role as a property asset focuses on the profit received in the process of their sale / storage and its direct taxation.

Факторы развития российско-китайских экономических отношений в интеграционном поле Евразии

Introduction. We can confidently say already that in the current conditions of global economic development, China is the most important and priority partner in the development of our country’s foreign economic activity. Theoretical analysis. The development of a strategic approach to bilateral economic cooperation with China is the most relevant in the modern system of coordinates of Russia’s foreign economic activity. Nowadays China is really the most important and priority partner in the issues related to the development of our country’s foreign economic activity. There have been different stages in the history of relations between Russia and China, but their current state gives hope for even greater mutually beneficial effect in the strategic perspective. The need to study the formation, transformation and development of Russian-Chinese relations in the context of foreign economic relations and projects is due to the growing influence of China in Russia over the past four years, the cooling of relations between Russia and the West after the events of 2014 and the Russian “turn to the East”. Empirical analysis. Speaking about the effectiveness of foreign trade relations between Russia and China in 2019, it should be noted that Russia’s trade turnover with China in 2019 increased by 3.4% to $110.76 billion, including Russia’s exports to China increased by 3.2% to $61.05 billion, imports from China to Russia increased by 3.6% to $49.7 billion. In comparison, the trade turnover between China and the United States fell by 14.6% to $541.22 billion againist the background of a trade war between these countries. It amounted to USD 541.22 billion, with USD 418 billion coming from China to America. Results. The prerequisites and factors for further development of relations and deepening of trade and economic cooperation between Russia and China have recently been growing. In addition to classical factors: geographical, territorial and, consequently, common border, which allows the development of new forms of cooperation and business (cross-border trade, cross-border economic zones and clusters, interbank settlements in national currencies in border areas, etc.). Political factors are increasing, as well as the impact of modern world economic trends on deepening bilateral economic relations between the countries. However, it is important to remember that in today’s realities Russia needs China more than China needs Russia.

Community Detection in Facebook Using Visual Approach and Clustering

The previous decade has seen the growth of interest with networks and participatory social media that have brought users jointly in many originative ways. Many users play, categorize, work and socialize online, showing new forms of cooperation, communication, and cleverness that were hard to imagine just a while ago. Social media refers to the interaction between people who create, share information and ideas in communities and virtual networks. Social media also helps reform business models, influence views and sentiments, and opens many possibilities for studying human interaction and mass conduct on an unprecedented level.This research employs visual representation of data and cluster algorithms for discovering patterns in the Facebook network to learn some of the behaviors practiced by community members.The results can be used to find out users directions to suggest appropriate advertisements for it, and cluster algorithms can be used to collect suspicious and inappropriate communication pages to take the necessary measures to prevent them from appearing to sensitive groups in the community, and the results can also be used to direct Facebook users, especially young groups, to organize their times and control the times they spend on social media.

АНАЛІЗ ЕКОНОМІЧНОЇ ЕФЕКТИВНОСТІ ОРГАНІЗАЦІЇДІЯЛЬНОСТІ ГОТЕЛІВ ШТАТУ ФЛОРИДА (США) ПІД ЧАС ПАНДЕМІЇ КОРОНАВІРУСНОЇ ХВОРОБИ COVID-19

The article examines the main trends in the functioning and economic aspects of the organization of four-star hotels in Florida, USA in connection with the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The article describes the state of the hotel business, which has suffered significant losses due to severe quarantine restrictions caused by the fight against coronavirus infection. Operational activity of hotel facilities is an activity which consists in effective and rational management of operations on performance of the basic functions of hotel. The article states that the pandemic has significantly affected the organizational activities of the hotel, its conditions and pricing policy (forced dumping). To present the scale of the negative impact of COVID-19, the article analyzes the average operating income data, average hotel occupancy data, average daily room rates, and hotel profit statistics for the three quarters of 2020 and 2021. The concept of «profit» is revealed – one of the main economic indicators that reflects the efficiency of the enterprise, its financial condition, success and opportunities in economic development. The coronavirus crisis has led to changes in the implementation of business strategies of the hotel business. Promising areas for hotel product diversification may be improving the quality and safety of services, increasing the role of the Internet and social networks in shaping consumer preferences, finding new forms of cooperation, using new business technologies, the need to develop universal anti-crisis strategies in the hotel business in the United States and in Ukraine. Promising areas of hotel product diversification are improving the quality and security of services, increasing the role of the Internet and social networks in shaping consumer preferences, finding new forms of cooperation, the use of new business technologies. The issues of the need for the state to develop preferential lending conditions and regulatory policy for the transfer of land for the targeted construction of tourist facilities are considered.

СПІВРОБІТНИЦТВО ДЕРЖАВ У СФЕРІ БОРОТЬБИ З КІБЕРЗЛОЧИННІСТЮ ТА ПІДХОДИ ДО ВИРІШЕННЯ ПРОБЛЕМИ КІБЕРТЕРОРИЗМУ

Currently, society is evolving into information one, which, on the one hand, simplifies the interaction between participants in public relations, and on the other hand, increases the risk of human rights violations, when using information and communication technologies. Changing the structure and scope of information transfer requires both the subjects of social relations, which have a personal interest in ensuring the highest possible level of security of transmitted data, and the state as a whole as a guarantor of the stability of the legal field of public relations. It is obvious that national security largely depends on information security, and in the course of technical progress, this dependence is only growing. Information, acting as an economic and social guarantee of stability of existence and development of society and the state, is the object of close attention and influence of the state. The introduction of e-document management and the creation of interconnected information resources have made information vulnerable to outside interference.The choice is made by the individual user of information-and-communication technologies, by civil society as a whole (for example, by opposing or supporting certain state policies inthe information sphere) and by public authorities, as they decide on lawmaking and implementation of relevant norms. Each state is constantly balancing between the principles of respect for human and civil rights and freedoms, integration into the international community, the need to ensure economic growth and national security. However, no domestic policy should outweigh the need for international cooperation in the fight against crime, which should be based on the principles of openness, mutual assistance, development of new forms of cooperation. It seems that international cooperation in the fight against cybercrime should be carried out with the participation of all countries.The legal basis of the regime of preservation of information in internationallaw includes the following components: basic principles of human rights protection; the procedure for cross-border circulation of information; protection of confidential information; the status of international bodies implementing a unified legal policy in the field of information protection and its implementation. It seems that international cooperation in the fight against cybercrime must be carried out with the participation of all countries. At the same time, based on a generalized analysis of the legal framework of international, European and national legislation of the EU countries, a certain approach to the implementation of international cooperation in combating cybercrime is proposed: improving the legal framework for international cooperation, harmonized implementation of developed legal norms into national legislation, improving approaches to information exchange.

ФОРУМ РЕКТОРОВ ГУМАНИТАРНЫХ УНИВЕРСИТЕТОВ И ДЕКАНОВ ГУМАНИТАРНЫХ ФАКУЛЬТЕТОВ СТРАН СОДРУЖЕСТВА НЕЗАВИСИМЫХ ГОСУДАРСТВ (4 ДЕКАБРЯ 2020 Г.)

The article reviews the last (December 4, 2020) meeting of the Forum of principals of the humanities universities and deans of the humanities faculties of member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States, which coincided with the thirtieth anniversary of the Commonwealth. The main source is the shorthand report of the Forum online meeting. By pointing out that the Forum was attended by representatives of seven member coun- tries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Moldova and Armenia), the author reports that the plenary panels of the Forum discussed new forms of cooperation in the pandemic, the issues of using digital technology in the humanities education and the development of distance learning methods. Stating that the coronavi- rus pandemic that broke out on the cusp of the years 2019 and 2020 was the greatest challenge to the world education and science, forum participants could not but discuss the mental state of students, teachers and researchers who have continued to perform their duties under the force majeure conditions. The participants of the Forum made a point of the ever-increasing role of modern media, which act nowadays as specific tool for building a common scientific and educational space in the post-Soviet region.

ЕКОНОМІЧНІ МЕХАНІЗМИ РЕГУЛЮВАННЯ РОЗВИТКУ ІНСТИТУЦІОНАЛЬНИХ ФОРМ ОРГАНІЗАЦІЇ ВАНТАЖНОГО АВІАЦІЙНОГО ТРАНСПОРТУ

The article shows the strategic role of cargo air transport in the economies of the world, related to the maintenance of foreign trade, urgent delivery of goods, their transportation over long distances, and so on. The determining factors of the development of cargo air transport in the global economy are systematized: organizational innovations, information technologies, new forms of cooperation of air carriers and logistics solutions. The contribution of air transport to the formation of cargo turnover in Ukraine is determined. The opposite dynamics of volumes of cargo transportation by air and other types of transport is revealed. The contradiction between the low share of air cargo traffic and their strong absolute and structural growth is quantitatively shown. Air freight is defined by a market of oligopolistic competition due to a limited number of economic entities, the dominance of one large and several medium-sized players, the presence of barriers to entry, which are financial-investment and technical-technological nature. The attractiveness of the air freight market for investments is shown given the predominant positivity of financial results and the growing share of profitable enterprises. The institutional forms of organization of cargo air carriers (classic, combined, hybrid) are generalized, their advantages and disadvantages are defined. The principles of functioning of transport chains and realization of multimodal transportations on the basis of cargo air transport are substantiated. The main information systems of booking and management of air cargo transportation, distribution, pricing, calculations, tracking of luggage by buyers and sellers are characterized. The requirements of the International Air Transport Association for the use of innovative e-freight technologies in aviation are summarized, recommendations for joining the subjects of the domestic air cargo market in terms of electronic document management and simplification of customs procedures are developed. The improvement of economic mechanisms of development of cargo air transport in Ukraine on the basis of special economic zones of port type is offered.

Support to victims and witnesses in the Republic of Croatia during the COVID-19 pandemic

The purpose of this article is to analyze how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the work of the Victim and Witness Support System in the Republic of Croatia, particularly Service for Victim and Witness Support at the Ministry of Justice and Public Administration of the Republic of Croatia, Victim and Witness Support Departments at the County Courts, Network of Support and Cooperation for Victims and Witnesses of Criminal Offences (consisting of 10 organizations operating in 13 counties) and National Call Center for Victims of Crime 116 006. The problems faced by support organizations and services as well as victims are presented in the paper. Certain changes in the procedures and new forms of cooperation have been noticed, which improved the support system and enabled victims' easier access to their rights. In order to build a resilient society and organizations, as well as to prevent burnout of professionals and ensure their resilience, it is important to cooperate with each other and provide support to helpers in the form of training, regular meetings, consultations and supervision.

ИННОВАЦИОННОЕ РАЗВИТИЕ МАЛОГО АГРОБИЗНЕСА НА ОСНОВЕ СЕТЕВОГО АУТСОРСИНГА

Currently, outsourcing is be- coming one of the most effective tools for in- novation, stimulating the development of new forms of cooperation based on the networking of organizations. At the same time, outsourcing requires significant efforts for organizations, their organizational transformation, the ability to buildand maintain long-term business relationships. The methodological basis of the study was the development of scientists in the field of innovative development of small agribusiness on the basis of network cooperation, the study of foreign experience in the use of outsourcing in agriculture. General scientific and empirical research methods were applied, including abstract-logical, monographic, economic-statistical and comparison method. The analysis showed that the leading strategy of the agricultural business today is a strategy based on rigid forms of integration. However, with the development and complication of inter-firm ties, the replacement of rigid forms of integration with soft, network or hybrid ones, which are based on mutual benefit and co- operation, is gradually observed. In this regard, network outsourcing represents an alternative to vertical and horizontal integration. The article shows the advantages and disadvantages of network structures; revealed the trends influencing the strategy of outsourcing introduction; the factors hindering its development have been identified; a comparative analysis of agricultural outsourcing in Russia and foreign countries for the main business processes has been carried out. It is concluded that in order to increase the innovative activity of small agribusiness, it is necessary to use more tools and mechanisms of digital technologies, including various forms of network cooperation, such as outsourcing.

СОЦІАЛЬНО-ЕКОНОМІЧНІ АСПЕКТИ ОРГАНІЗАЦІЇ ДІЯЛЬНОСТІ ГОТЕЛЮ HYATT REGENCY ORLANDO ПІД ЧАС ПАНДЕМІЇ COVID-19

The article examines the social and economic aspects of the Hyatt Regency Orlando, Florida, USA in connection with the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The article states that the hotel business has suffered significant losses due to severe quarantine restrictions caused by the fight against coronavirus infection. Thus, the profit from the available room (RevPAR - one of the main indicators of the hotel business) fell dramatically, financial performance fell significantly, the hotel administration was forced to re-evaluate staffing levels. During the period of adaptive quarantine, Hyatt Regency Orlando tried to reduce the cost of maintaining the rooms by closing one of the buildings and floors, turning off the elevators, but this did not significantly reduce the cost of utilities. Running the business during pandemic has become completely new not only for all Hyatt hotels, but also for the whole hotel industry in the world. The article states that the pandemic has significantly affected the organizational activities of the hotel, its conditions and pricing policy (forced dumping). To present the scale of the negative impact of COVID-19, the article analyzes the overall operating activities of the hotel, the dynamics and sources of income from operating activities of Hyatt Regency Orlando, as well as statistics on the profits of this hotel in November 2018, 2019 and 2020. The article explains the best ways to gradually take the hotel out of quarantine, to propose measures to prevent stagnation of the hotel and Hyatt Corporation in general, as well as gives opportunity to use the experience of American hotels during the pandemic in Ukraine. The coronavirus crisis has led to changes in the implementation of business strategies of the hotel business. Promising areas for diversification of the Hyatt Regency Orlando hotel product can be improving the quality and security of services, increasing the role of the Internet and social networks in shaping consumer preferences, finding new forms of cooperation, using new business technologies, namely remote access tools, digital transformation, development e-commerce.

Information fatigue syndrome as a consequence of global transformation processes

The development of new forms of cooperation between the state and citizens within the framework of the general digitalization of public administration, due to the radical restructuring of state-public interaction, taking into account compliance with the realities and new challenges that arise on the way of introducing modern information and telecommunication technologies in all spheres of public life, is characterized by several positive shifts in this area. In particular, the activities of public administration and local self-government bodies are becoming more open, transparent, as understandable as possible, and close to the usual everyday needs of individuals. However, these processes do not always allow achieving the desired effect, because they can be accompanied by a lack of constructive dialogue between the subjects and objects of management, rejection of the new realities of functioning and resistance to social changes, some negative manifestations caused by the latest social reality. At the same time, we would like to note that without exception, all stages of the historical development of mankind at the stage of their transition from one to another brought with them significant qualitative and quantitative changes in all spheres of social life, including social, every day, political, cultural and spiritual and the like, characterized by both positive shifts and negative phenomena.

Environmental security in the international security system: definition problems

The experience of the XX – the beginning of XXI century demonstrates the crucial importance of security for human existence. Safety study is a scientific field which is not developed enough, although its results are already de facto different from what has been studied by other sciences. Innovations in scientific knowledge, taking into account the new problems, risks and security threats identified, confirm this fact.After the end of the Cold War, a new international legal order was formed, as a result of that, studies in the field of security required its rethinking as a social phenomenon from a broader methodological points of view, not reducing security only to neutralizing military threats. Identification of subtypes of security (political, military, economic, environmental, food, energy, etc.) by field feature, depending on the presence of threats to a particular group of values does not lead to the loss of the international system of its integrity, but only groups similar variables within the system which contributes to their studies and interpretations. Attempts to build a hierarchy of security subtypes within international security are not rational enough, given their interdependence, as well as (interest, knowledge, worldview, etc.), which guide certain authors in building such a hierarchy.As a result of the variety of approaches to the interpretation of the concept of "environmental security", researches which are conducted in the XXI century are losing elements of simplicity inherent in the developments of the XX century. The use of an interdisciplinary approach complicates the coordination of environmental security research, but at the same time meets modern needs.The paper proves the inadequacy of the traditional understanding of security and shows that global changes in the environment create new conflicts, threats and challenges, and thus demonstrate the urgent need to look for new forms of cooperation based on international law for humanity survival and ensuring of sustainable development.The paper does not claim to reveal the full picture of the phenomenon being studied. Therefore, the author is fully aware of all the formal and conceptual shortcomings that the paper may contain, and welcome any comments, remarks on the provisions set out in it.

The Triple Helix Model for the Conceptual Mechanism of Cooperation between Higher Education and Business: The Regional Aspect

Single-industry regions, common to all industrially developed countries, need to overcome the economic crises. We assume that it is possible to achieve this goal based on new forms of cooperation between the main participants: business, state, education, and science. Based on the triple helix model, the study develops a mechanism for cooperation between higher education and business in depressed single-industry regions. The model was tested on the example of the Republic of Kazakhstan. We use the methodological principles of logical, statistical analysis and synthesis. To increase the impact of universities on the national economic growth, we propose a cooperation mechanism based on the Triple Helix model. This model is adapted to the specificity of single-industry and depressed regions, where regional universities play a dominant role as a source of innovation and innovative synergy for the cooperation of partners involved. Simultaneously, the creation of new forms of cooperation between higher education and business leads to the acceleration of social and economic development of regions. The mechanism of the proposed triple helix model aims to encourage all participants to generate innovations, provide high-quality educational services, conduct research and fill business orders. Local and state authorities in the field of economic management can use the results and conclusions of the survey for creating regional development programmes.

Norma y unicidad del sistema técnico en la producción alimentos en Argentina

El período contemporáneo se caracteriza por la constitución de un medio técnico-científico-informacional sobre territorios cada vez más vastos. Con el alargamiento de las divisiones territoriales del trabajo de las grandes empresas se imponen nuevas formas de cooperación y control. En este trabajo analizamos la creciente mediación de las normas en los circuitos de la economía urbana orientados a los alimentos de rápida preparación con sede en la metrópoli de Buenos Aires. Para hacerlo estudiamos las transformaciones en la regencia en los circuitos y el fenómeno técnico como condición de posibilidad de la normatización del territorio. Por último, indagamos las implicancias de este proceso en las relaciones entre actores hegemónicos y subordinados.

Understanding Business Environments and Success Factors for Emerging Bioeconomy Enterprises through a Comprehensive Analytical Framework

The development toward the bioeconomy requires, among others, generating and institutionalizing knowledge that contributes to technical and nontechnical inventions and innovations. Efforts to support innovation are often linked with the development of business models that facilitate the development in bioeconomy. However, the interdependences between the business models and their business environments are not sufficiently well understood in a way where misalignments that can obstruct the development can be dealt with adequately. Given this lacuna, this research aims to contribute to the development of a comprehensive analytical framework for better understanding the conditions of business environment as well as empirically apply the framework in an empirical study on cases of bioeconomy enterprises in Europe. In this paper, a comprehensive business environment framework is developed and applied for analyzing over 80 cases, thereby allowing for critical action arenas and crucial success factors to be identified. The findings are derived from a systematic application of the framework to relevant action arenas for business development: institutional development, technology and knowledge, consumers’ agency, market structure, funding, resource and infrastructure, and training and education. The results show that businesses in the bioeconomy, unlike other businesses, have to deal with more and very specific constraining legislative issues, infant and non-adapted technology and knowledge, as well as unclear values and perceptions of consumers. Due to this, businesses have to develop new forms of cooperation with different stakeholders. Successful businesses are characterized by the fact that they develop specific strategies, steering structures, and processes with a particular focus on learning and innovation to overcome misalignments between the business environment and their business models. Focusing efforts on learning and innovation in institutional development, technology and knowledge, consumers’ agency, and funding are especially promising as these turned out to be particularly critical and in particular need of institutional alignment for reducing different kinds of transaction costs in the development of bioeconomy.

Reawakening the Law

The legal system is designed not to prevent injustice, but to cure it after the fact, or restore what is referred to in lawyering terminology as “the status quo ex ante.” This design dates back millennia and reflects Biblical values of an “Eye for an Eye” or “Tit for Tat” and the notion that in order to deter wrongdoing we must punish it or provide restitution. However, research from victims’ rights advocates shows that violence only begets more violence, leading to repeated cycles of injustice. While legal scholars have sought to remedy these cycles through pointing to structural and doctrinal problems with the courts, lawyers, the federal government, private business, and capitalism itself, none of their proposed solutions offers a means to break the cycle and to prevent injustices rather than “remedying” them after the fact. This Article calls for the emergence of a new form of lawyering designed not to “cure” injustice but to prevent it. To do so, we must reawaken the law to strategies based on win-win, or nonzero- sum, solutions and new forms of cooperation. While there is a robust literature on cooperation, the missing insight is that what is in the best interest of the individual and of society are aligned in the long run and in the proper environment. But recent pioneering work in computer science, evolutionary biology, and economics shows that pure cooperation can and does exist in theory and in nature. Cooperation also exists all around us among the pandemic and protests in communities aimed at promoting the wellbeing of their members—communities that are self- aware and self-conscious and focus on acknowledging the fundamental interconnectedness of their members. This Article examines the features for flourishing these communities share and provides an artist’s sketch to transform law schools into incubators for social change. It calls on our legal educators to see the deep harmony, beauty, and joy amidst the chaos and to draw on it to create a new scholarship and activism that will one day pave the way for a new legal system based not on punishment and restitution, but on nonzero-sum or win-win solutions.

ASSESSMENT OF INTEGRATION EFFECTS IN THE EURASIAN

This article considers the strategic directions of economic development of the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union, based on available resources and objective opportunities for their joint effective use. With all the turbulence and uncertainty that exist today in the world economy, the definition of the main directions for the coordination of economic policies looks extremely important and timely. In general, by 2030, the results of the economic development of the EAEU have to show the world competitiveness of the integration association.In spite of the fact that this idea hasn’t been understood and underestimated by most of politicians of that time in the CIS, today became relevant and widely demanded not only in a business community, but also at the public and humanitarian level. Integration processes in the Eurasian space are increasingly gaining momentum. Moreover, many joint platforms that strengthen Eurasian integration are already functioning actively and successfully: Eurasian Development Bank, Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists, Eurasian Business Council, Eurasian Media Forum, Eurasian Association of Universities and many others. International practice shows that any interstate association is experiencing different stages in its development and is complemented by new forms of cooperation. In the conditions of the modern economic reality which is characterized by tendencies of globalization and regionalization, member states of EAEU have taken the path of uniting the potentials of national economies for their sustainable development.  

Introduction to the special issue: between practices and policies. Rethinking urban regeneration in Southern European cities after the crisis

ABSTRACT This Special Issue explores new approaches to urban regeneration, and potentially give new meanings to the term itself, as it appears in the context of austerity urbanism. In particular, the aim of this Special Issue is to offer a Southern European perspective of the nexus between the withdrawal of the State from urban governance, and of the new forms of cooperation arising from civil society, thus presenting original research material, and innovative perspectives, for current debates in urban studies.

Creating of Transnational Cooperation Network as a Factor of Competitiveness

Abstract The paper presents good practices and selected problems of creating cooperation networks. The basics of creating and disseminating new forms of cooperation between enterprises and universities have been described. Based on the implemented international project “3DCentral - Catalyzing Smart Engineering and Rapid Prototyping”, selected conclusions from creating network and management of many project activities including innovative technologies are presented.