Taking as its point of departure the current state of debate within industrial geography and regional economics on innovative regional development processes, this article sets out to address the question of how the creation of regional networks can be encouraged. It cites the example of the...

As most other countries, Germany also faces dramatic regional differences in terms of socioeconomic development. One important driver of such development is the existence of a healthy entrepreneurial activity and the creation of new companies. We argue that venture capital (VC) and especially...