Agglomerationen technologieintensiver Aktivitäten prägen nicht nur hochentwickelte Industriestaaten, sondern wachsen auch in Newly Industrialized Countries. Doch stellt sich angesichts ihrer anderen Bedingungen der technologiebasierten Industrialisierung die Frage: Inwieweit können sie...

This paper is about the policy concept of smart specialization (RIS3) and its potential for application in emerging economies. This is an important issue as emerging economies continue to struggle against the forces of globalization and targeted investments through RIS3 strategies that may help...

"City-regions are areas where the daily journeys for work, shopping and leisure frequently cross administrative boundaries. They are seen as engines of the national economy, but are also facing congestion and disparities. Thus, all over the world, governments attempt to increase problem-solving...

This paper uses micro-data from the World Bank Investment Climate Surveys 2002-2006 to investigate how foreign ownership and access to external finance affect the likelihood of manufacturers in emerging markets to export and/or import. Applying propensity score matching to control for...