Die Staatskanzlei des Landes Schleswig-Holstein hat das Institut für Weltwirtschaft im Mai 2007 mit der Erstellung einer Studie zum Thema „Potenziale und Chancen zum Aufbau einer gemeinsamen Wirtschaftsregion Schleswig-Holstein und Hamburg“ beauftragt, die hiermit vorgelegt wird. Diese...

The smart specialization concept was implemented in the EU in 2014, stating that regions have to specify specialization areas for development of innovations. Economic specialization reveals a comparative advantage in that field. However, there are different arguments linking specialization to...

This paper explores the impact of industrial clusters on regional growth at level of German labour market regions within a regional convergence model. It focuses on vertically connected industrial sectors, which can emerge parallel to horizontal interconnections. Based on works of Schnabl (2000)...