The development and support of clusters is an issue that became quite popular by players dealing with regional economic policy. But before a regional development agency can start to implement a cluster-oriented strategy there a two question that have to be answered: 1. What are the regional...

The development and support of clusters is an issue that became quite popular by players dealing with regional economic policy. But before a regional development agency can start to implement a cluster-oriented strategy there a two question that have to be answered: 1. What are the regional...

Big sport events can increase a region's awareness level, can improve its image and the attractiveness of the location, and can generate a ,psychological income'. These considerations are empirically analysed for the example of the Hockey World Championship 2006 in Mönchengladbach. The results...