This study was prepared by Andreas Kuhlmann, while he was working with the Ifo Institute for Economic Research. It was completed in September 2006 and was accepted as a Ph.D. thesis by the Economics Department of the University of Munich. The subject of this study is the analysis of network...

Die vorliegende Untersuchung analysiert umfassend die unternehmensnahen Dienstleistungen im Freistaat Sachsen. Der Dienstleistungssektor hat in den letzten Jahren einen merklichen Aufschwung erlebt. Dies liegt vorallem an der gestiegenene Nachfrage, wobei die öffentliche Hand eine wichtige...

This study was commissioned by the European Commission, Directorate General "Enterprise and Industry" and was completed at the end of 2005. The objective was to investigate the impact of the accession of new member states on the intra-European division of labour and on global competitiveness in...