Innovationen in Form neuer Produkte und Produktionsprozesse sind in fortgeschrittenen Volkswirtschaften der entscheidende Treiber der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung. Nach Abschluss der massiven technologischen Erneuerung in Ostdeutschland, die sich bis Ende der 1990er Jahre in deutlich höheren...

The focus of this article is the empirical identification of factors influencing Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in transition economies on a regional level (NUTS 2). The analysis is designed as benchmark between three neighboring post-communist regions, i.e. East Germany, the Czech Republic and...

The focus of this article is the empirical identification of factors influencing Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in transition economies on a regional level (NUTS 2). The analysis is designed as benchmark between three neighboring post-communist re- gions, i.e. East Germany, the Czech Republic...

More than 25 years after German reunification, key economic indicators for households living in eastern German regions are still below the western German levels. This particularly holds for private net wealth, which reaches only about 40% of the western German level. However, a more granular...

More than 25 years after German reunification, key economic indicators for households living in eastern German regions are still below the western German levels. This particularly holds for private net wealth, which reaches only about 40% of the western German level. However, a more granular...