Die vorliegende Dissertationsschrift befasst sich mit innovativen Aktivitäten und deren Wirkung im regionalen Raum. Innovationen und das damit einhergehende neu geschaffene Wissen sind wesentliche Treiber wirtschaftlicher und gesellschaft-licher Entwicklung. Innovationen beziehungsweise neue...

This thesis employs an international comparative perspective to empirically analyse the Czech energy transition between 1830 and 2010. It addresses the utilization of energy in shaping modern economic growth through structural and technological change and the implications of those changes on...

The rise of China and its integration with the rest of the world is probably one of the most important developments in today's global economy, but what impacts has China's rise had on the neighboring economies of East Asia? This book brings together research for those who wish to understand...