New firm location decisions, relative to incumbents may be based on a choice between two types of advantages: natural advantages or those that arise from social embeddedness, the latter of which may particularly include knowledge spillovers. We analyze the relative importance of geographically...

New firm location decisions, relative to incumbents may be based on a choice between two types of advantages: natural advantages or those that arise from social embeddedness, the latter of which may particularly include knowledge spillovers. We analyze the relative importance of geographically...

We analyze the role of distance from a university in the decision to attend higher education in Germany. Students who live near a university can avoid moving and the increased living expenses by commuting. Thus, transaction cost arguments would suggest that the greater the distance to the...

The paper analyses the perspectives for a new container port at the German North Sea coast. In view of the expected further enlargement of container ship sizes and sustained growth in international trade, the port seems to be an economically sound project. Public funds, however, will probably...

Am Beispiel der Wirtschaftswissenschaften wird empirisch untersucht, inwieweit die Qualität der Fachbereiche bei der Studienortwahl berücksichtigt wird. Im Rahmen eines Gravitationsansatzes zeigt sich, dass vor allem die Nähe zum Heimatort und das Mietniveau am Ort der Hochschule die...

Im Zuge der EU-Osterweiterung wird das Thema "Outsourcing" intensiv diskutiert. Für Prof. Dr. Wilfried Fuhrmann, Universität Potsdam, liegt "die Chance infolge der Osterweiterung mit dem regionalen Outsourcing ... im Druck auf Reduktion der Staatseingriffe". Stefanie Bechert und Gertraud...