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Clusters are systems of localised economic activity and innovation. This report reviews current evidence on clustersand develops policy recommendations for the UK. It argues that clusters include multiple firms from related sectorsthat are co-located within a web of complex linkages and a...
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Dieses Diskussionspapier basiert auf einer Studie für das Stadtplanungsamt der Stadt Dresden.
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... Es wird der Frage nachgegangen, ob durch die räumliche Konzentration von FuE und Innovationsaktivitäten Synergieeffekte ausgelöst werden,die von den Zentren als Innovations- und Wachstumspole auf die Peripherie des Landes ausstrahlen.
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Business support policies designed to raise productivity and employment are commonworldwide, but rigorous micro-econometric evaluation of their causal effects is rare. Weexploit multiple changes in the area-specific eligibility criteria for a major program to supportmanufacturing jobs...
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dem von Hans-Jürgen Ewers und Ko-autoren entworfenen Konzept der innovationsorientierten Regionalpolitik ange-stoßen wurde …. Zwar haben sich viele der dem Konzept der innovationsorientierten Regionalpolitik zugrunde liegenden Vorstellungen … innovationsorientierten Regionalpolitik vorgeschlagene Strategie der Stimulierung endogener Potentiale.... …
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This paper uses the case study example of the recent application by British Aerospace (BAe) for£25m in Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) for its Broughton facility in North Wales andsubsequent granting of £19.5 m in assorted grant aid, to illustrate some of the wider regionalpolicy issues...
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An Struktur- und Regionalpolitik sowieregionalerund kommunaler Wirtschaftsförderungwird oft kritisiert, dass sie in …
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We examine whether discretionary government grants influence thelocation of new plants. Grants have a small effect in attracting plants to specificgeographic areas, but their effectiveness increases with agglomeration externalities,measured by the number of other plants in that location in the...
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In mid-2008, high employment and low unemployment rates characterised the Estonian labour marketin comparison with the average of the EU15 countries. While aggregate outcomes improvedduring 2000-07, large inequalities persisted across regions, ethnic groups, and workers with different...
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