In the paper the positive influence of an improved connection to the highway infrastructure and further determinants on the industrial investments of East German districts are pointed out. For that the travel time to the next motorway junction and agglomeration centres is consulted. According to...

Ende 1989, vor fast zehn Jahren, ist in der DDR das sozialistische System zusammengebrochen. Damit wurde der Weg geebnet für eine freiheitliche demokratische Ordnung auf der Grundlage der Sozialen Marktwirtschaft. Ein Jahr später waren beide Teile Deutschlands wieder vereint. Der...

According to theoretical implications the success of enterprises benefits from cooperation and integration into networks. Enterprises of the biotechnology sector in particular have a high propensity to bulid up cooperations. Estimations of the growth of firms using cooperation-based and...

The paper analyzes the factors, which are important for the success of biotechnology companies and bio regions. For these purposes the local conditions of an advanced bio region are compared with a not so advanced bio region in a bench mark approach. The significant factors for the success of...

Angesichts des schnellen technologischen Wandels und der Globalisierung der Wirtschaft gewinnt die Kooperation für Unternehmen an Bedeutung. Das gilt vor allem in forschungsintensiven Branchen, so auch in der modernen Biotechnologie. In diesem neuen Wirtschaftszweig ist die Kooperationsneigung...

The estimations of environmental employment in this paper are based on an analysis of IAB-Firm-Panel. In 1999 182 000 man were working in production of environmental goods and services. Recording to self-assessment of firms intermediate term environmental employment will increase in...