Knowledge drives the growth of nations and regions in a competitive space-economy. Hence, we would expect a strong correlation between investments in R&D, knowledge and learning processes, on the one hand, and productivity increases, on the other. However, the empirical evidence shows consistent...

Digitalization is changing the industrial sector and introducing new global challenges • EU industrial policy aims to counter these challenges by increasing industry’s share of value added • DIW Berlin analyses show that selected regions with a low share of industry can play an important...

This discussion paper resulted in an article in <I>Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie</I> (2011). Volume 102(4), pages 385-405.<P> Knowledge drives the growth of nations and regions in a competitive space-economy. Hence, we would expect a strong correlation between investments in R&D,...</p></i>

A closer look at the spatial distribution of industrial sectors in a country shows that there is a persistent trend for industries to cluster in certain regions in order to benefit from agglomeration advantages. The present paper aims to gain new knowledge on agglomerations in non-Western...

Entrepreneurship has been a topical issue in the business administration literature, but in the past decade a wave of interest can be observed on the role of entrepreneurship in the economic growth literature. This paper aims to highlight the various contributions to the entrepreneurship...

Knowledge drives the growth of nations and regions in a competitive space-economy. Hence, we would expect a strong correlation between investments in R&D, knowledge and learning processes, on the one hand, and productivity increases, on the other. However, the empirical evidence shows consistent...

Knowledge drives the growth of nations and regions in a competitive space-economy. Hence, we would expect a strong correlation between investments in R&D, knowledge and learning processes, on the one hand, and productivity increases, on the other. However, the empirical evidence shows consistent...

Die Digitalisierung führt zu einem Wandel der Industrie und zu globalen Herausforderungen. Die EU-Industriepolitik will diesen mit Erhöhung des Industrieanteils an der Wertschöpfung begegnen. Analysen des DIW Berlin zeigen, dass ausgewählte Regio- nen mit geringem Industrieanteil in der...