Die Steigerung der energetischen Modernisierungsrate im Wohngebäudebestand zählt zu den strategischen Zielen der Klimapolitik in Deutschland. Gemessen am Anteil von WEG-Wohnungen am Gesamtwohnungsbestand ist die Sanierungsaktivität dieser Eigentümergruppe im Vergleich zu anderen Gruppen...

Regions with biotechnology-specific knowledge seem to have best chances to attract potential entrepreneurs to establish a biotechnology-firm. Furthermore, regional oriented technology policy is supposed to stimulate the creation process of biotechnology clusters, too. The BioRegio contest (BRC)...

Mit der Venture Capital (VC)-Finanzierung als Teil eines regionalen Innovationssystems sind Erwartungen verbunden, die Kommerzialisierung neuer Forschungsergebnisse in marktfähige Produkte in einer Region zu fördern. In Erwartung positiver Effekte eines solchen Kapitalzuflusses in eine Region...

The paper deals with the significant impact of location on innovation activity that has been found in many empirical studies. Main elements of such an explanation are the specific problems of a division of innovative labor. Based on an outline of these issues the concept of a regional innovation...

In this report the Estonian national innovation system (NIS) and especially the effectiveness of technology policy and the functioning of policy organisations is evaluated. The national innovation system is a set of institutions, which jointly and individually contribute to the development and...

The firm-level data concerning re-users of geographical information (GI) active in architectural and engineering activities and related technical consultancy sector from 15 countries during the year 2000-2007 suggests that the pricing of public sector GI strongly relates to the firms' sales...

Our data concerning the whole Finnish company population from the years 2003-2008 suggest that the impacts of business subsidies on employment growth differ more between high-growth start-ups and other firms than between start-ups and over five years old incumbents. All subsidies seem to relate...