Multilevel analysis of corporations networks: A comparison between agro-food and automobile strategies for urban development

Abstract

The integration of territories is one of the major objectives of the convergence policies that Europe encourages in order to stabilize its borders and make them safer. In the Mediterranean region, as well as in Central and Eastern Europe, states use the structural funds that they provide for development to support policies that make the territories more attractive to multinational firms. By diffusing capital, information and expertise on a worldwide scale, firms became the principal driving force of development processes in the European Neighborhood Policies.