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How long does it take to become an entrepreneurial society: The case of german convergence in self-employment
Schindele, Yvonne - 2010
data from 1992 to 2005 on 97 German regions to analyze recent convergence in self-employment rates. An astonishing catching …-up process is observed for East German regions during the period under study. However, the general convergence between East and … regions have achieved convergence with West German self-employment rates and some have not. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267109
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Does successful innovation require large urban areas? Germany as a counterexample
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2020
Popular theories claim that innovation activities should be located in large cities because of more favorable environmental conditions that are absent in smaller cities or remote and rural areas. Germany provides a clear counterexample to such theories. We argue that a main force behind the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389631
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Smart specialization strategies at national, regional, or local levels? Synergy and policy-making in German systems of innovation
Ruhrmann, Henriette; Fritsch, Michael; Leydesdorff, Loet - 2020
Employing a quantitative, data-driven tool - the Triple Helix Indicator - to microdata of firms in Germany, we develop an evidence base for innovation-policy strategies. We aim to answer the question which level of government (local, regional, national) might be most effective for strategic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389634
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How Long Does it Take to Become an Entrepreneurial Society - The Case of German Convergence in Self-Employment
Schindele, Yvonne - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
data from 1992 to 2005 on 97 German regions to analyze recent convergence in self-employment rates. An astonishing catching …-up process is observed for East German regions during the period under study. However, the general convergence between East and … regions have achieved convergence with West German self-employment rates and some have not. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008494224
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Knowledge-intensive employment growth in the Dutch Randstad and the German Rhine-Ruhr area: the impact of centrality and peripherality
Kronenberg, Kristin; Volgmann, Kati - European Regional Science Association - 2013
This paper investigates to what extent the different subsectors of the knowledge economy are subject to sector-specific spatial patterns of employment dynamics, and whether these patterns are conditional upon the general economic climate in a particular region. To this end, we analyze and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010740400
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Does Connectivity Impact Innovation Performance in Rural Regions?
Wassmann, Pia; Schiller, Daniel; Thomsen, Stephan - European Regional Science Association - 2014
There is a broad consensus in the literature in that R&D is a precondition for innovation and in turn, for economic growth. On the regional level, this implies that regions with a high stock of R&D should reveal better results when it comes to economic performance. This presumption has lead...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011075916