With no significant tradition in industry, but positive growth rates in the second half of the eighties and again since 1995, Andalusia -- usually rather related with high unemployment rates, sunny beaches and traditional folklore -- has been able to profit from a certain economic dynamism. At...

Innovation wird zum Zauberwort moderner Wirtschaftsentwicklung und erscheint als Lösung aller wirtschaftlichen und gesellschaftlichen Probleme. In der Tat, denken wir über Innovation nach, so scheint es als ob die Wissenschaft forscht und Ergebnisse hervorbringt und die Wirtschaft wendet die...

The existing literature on cluster embeddedness largely neglects the impact of finance on the development of firms' network linkages. This is striking in so far that particularly venture capital is often referred to as "smart money" providing firms not only with funds but also with network...

Die EU-Osterweiterung ermöglicht eine stärkere Arbeitsteilung zwischen den relativ kapitalreichen Staaten der EU und den relativ arbeitsreichen Zutrittsländern Mittel- und Osteuropas, von der insbesondere die ostdeutschen Kreise in Nähe der Grenze profitieren können. Diese Studie widmet...

Transport, social as well as some other types of infrastructure represent an important component of system macrostructures. In advanced countries, these system macrostructures are usually - though not necessarily - approximately bound to the existing settlement system. There are only little...

The recent economic slowdown in the People's Republic of China (PRC) has triggered fear and even panic among global investors. In particular, observers are worried that manufacturing - the engine of the PRC's hypergrowth over the past decades - has hit the doldrums. This article shows that...

Indian currency is sharply depreciated against word currencies and especially dollar. There are many factors responsible for it such as high demand for dollars, improved strength of US economy, increased prices of oil, wider current account deficit, lower GDP growth rate, high demand for gold,...

The article examines the regional features of inflation in Russia, against the background of the current economic downturn as a consequence of the decline in economic activity in the context of a pandemic. The emphasis is placed on the increasing unevenness of the inflation rate and the regional...

Die EU-Osterweiterung ermöglicht eine stärkere Arbeitsteilung zwischen den relativ kapitalreichen Staaten der EU und den relativ arbeitsreichen Zutrittsländern Mittel- und Osteuropas, von der insbesondere die ostdeutschen Kreise in Nähe der Grenze profitieren können. Diese Studie widmet...

Transport, social as well as some other types of infrastructure represent an important component of system macrostructures. In advanced countries, these system macrostructures are usually – though not necessarily – approximately bound to the existing settlement system. There are only little...