Summary This paper analyses the impact of cluster structures on employment development in Germany according to the hypothesis of Porter (1998). It develops a new way of measuring the co-location of suppliers and buyers of intermediate goods in a region based on an input-output approach. The...

Purpose The aim of this paper is to learn about some patterns of sectoral and industrial structural change of the Chinese economy over the 1995-2010 period, which also complements a previous paper of the author. The chosen period is about (and conveniently) bounded by two international crises:...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to look at the interplay of technology and social preferences in different stages of economic development. Design/methodology/approach – The authors use a set of input-output tables for 32 different countries, published by OECD. The tables refer to the...