This thesis meets the existing scientific need for an in-depth analysis of the current value creation structures of maps as a medium. The demand for maps has grown significantly, particularly in the past 20 years. This can be ascribed to essential social developments, general increasing...

In diesem Beitrag werden regionalisierte Indikatoren über ausländische Bevölkerung in Deutschland vorgestellt und analysiert, die für jede*n Interessierte*n in einem Internetportal zugänglich und auswertbar zur Verfügung stehen. Mittels INKAR online lassen sich Verteilungen von Indikatoren...

The information technology sector in Europe, comprising the production of computer hardware and software, is disproportionately located on the continent’s western periphery. The vast bulk of computers sold in Europe in the 1990s were assembled either in Ireland or Scotland, while Ireland also...

Using an analytically solvable equilibrium model, we study how the distribution of economic activities is affected by the trade-off between pecuniary externalities, as dependent on transportation costs, and localized technological externalities, as dependent on inter-regional spillovers. We...

New firm location decisions, relative to incumbents may be based on a choice between two types of advantages: natural advantages or those that arise from social embeddedness, the latter of which may particularly include knowledge spillovers. We analyze the relative importance of geographically...