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Firm Growth and the Spatial Impact of Geolocated External Factors – Empirical Evidence for German Manufacturing Firms
Duschl, Matthias; Schimke, Antje; Brenner, Thomas; … - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2011
In this paper the relationship between firm growth and external knowledge sources, such as related firms and universities, is studied. The spatial characteristics of these relationships are examined by geolocating firms into a more realistic relational space using travel time distances and using...
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Factors explaining the spatial agglomeration of the Creative Class. Empirical evidence for German artists
Alfken, Christoph; Broekel, Tom; Sternberg, Rolf - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2013
The paper contributes to the ongoing debate about the relative importance of economic and amenity-related location factors for attracting talents or members of the creative class. While Florida highlights the role of amenities, openness, and tolerance, others instead emphasize the role of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010693273
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Industry-specific firm growth and aggolmeration
Duschl, Matthias; Scholl, Tobias; Brenner, Thomas; … - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2012
-geographically defined agglomeration measures, free of the modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP), are used to study 23 industries. The spatial … impacts of agglomeration of related economic and knowledge generating activities are examined by using travel time distances … prospects tend to be hampered by the agglomeration of own-industry employment, but improved by proximate scientific activity …
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