Aufgabe der Studie ist es, Determinanten des Strukturwandels im deutschen Handwerk zu untersuchen. Zu berücksichtigen sind dabei u.a. technologische, demographische, produktionsorganisatorische und institutionelle Faktoren. Der Strukturwandel im Handwerks ist auf volkswirtschaftlicher,...

Der vorliegende Bericht stellt in einer "Zwischenbilanz" die zentralen Ergebnisse der Erweiterten Erfolgskontrolle des Programms zur Förderung der IGF dar. Diese Evaluation wurde vom RWI Essen und der Wirtschafts- und Sozialforschung Kerpen (WSF) im Zeitraum Juni 2005 bis Juli 2007 im Auftrag...

The paper analyses different forms of region bound innovation and cooperation amongst small and medium sized firms of the German craft sector, mainly engaged in ?traditional? branches. The analysis is based on a recent questionnaire survey covering all trade groups of the craft sector and a...

In Germany, industrial collective research (ICR) provides a unique framework for research collaborations: an industry-supported network of firms and research institutes conducts research for firms in low- and medium-technology branches. The research projects are mainly financed by a publicly...

Innovation policies in both old and new industrial countries increasingly promote regional clusters and distributed networks. Public financing of cluster and networks of business firms, research institutions and other organizations is based on the observation that networking plays an increasing...

Supporting entrepreneurship in an urban neighbourhood context: A review of German experiences

During the past two decades, interdisciplinary oriented entrepreneurship research focused increasingly on spatial aspects of entrepreneurial activities and support policies. This paper takes stock of central themes in entrepreneurship research at and across different geographic scales, the...

In recent years entrepreneurship in urban neighbourhoods, has drawn a growing attention of the research community as well as of urban planning (Mollenhorst et al. 2009). Entrepreneurship research is increasingly focussing on the manifold and intertwined contexts of entrepreneurial activities,...

In this paper, we evaluate the success of publicly supported business start-ups by comparing the outcomes of various support measures. Our question is: do business starter get what they need? Since we do not know the needs of the founders we analyse (1) who received which kind of support...

Das Handwerk ist ein wichtiger Teil des gewerblichen Mittelstandes in Deutschland. Mit fast 600.000 Betrieben und rund 5 Millionen Beschäftigten spielt es eine bedeutende Rolle innerhalb der volkswirtschaftlichen Arbeitsteilung. Das Leistungsangebot des Handwerks ist überwiegend auf die...