Circular Economy (CE) aspects are becoming increasingly relevant for a sustainable transition and regional development. Still, a methodology to assess regional performance and interregional differences is exclaimed to be missing at least in the European context. This gap makes it difficult to...

The creative sector is one of the driving forces of total employment growth. Furthermore, economic studies suggest that the clustering of human capital might result in the polarization of economic development. Since the creative sector's de nition is motivated from the insights of the economics...

The objective of this paper is to analyze the impact of the creative professions - technological employees and bohemians - on economic growth in Germany's planning regions. It is concluded that technological employees and bohemians foster economic growth. We find that growth is particularly...

The Elbe/Oder Chamber Union (KEO) is a consortium of German, Polish and Czech chambers of industry and commerce, which has set itself the goal of jointly representing the interests of companies in the region at a national and European level. In 2010, 37.6 million people lived in the represented...

The Elbe/Oder Chamber Union (KEO) is a consortium of German, Polish and Czech chambers of industry and commerce, which has set itself the goal of jointly representing the interests of companies in the region at a national and European level. In 2010, 37.6 million people lived in the represented...

Die Kammerunion Elbe/Oder (KEO) ist ein Zusammenschluss von 15 deutschen, 6 polnischen und 9 tschechischen Industrie- und Handelskammern, die sich zum Ziel gesetzt hat, gemeinsam die Interessen der Unternehmen der Region auf nationaler und europäischer Ebene zu vertreten. Im Jahr 2010 lebten in...

Die Kammerunion Elbe/Oder ist ein grenzüberschreitender Zusammenschluss aus Wirtschaftskammern und Verbänden zur Stärkung der ökonomischen Leistungsfähigkeit der beteiligten Regionen. In dieser Union kooperieren 17 deutsche, 7 polnische und 10 tschechische Industrie- und Handelskammern...

Die Kammerunion Elbe/Oder ist ein grenzüberschreitender Zusammenschluss aus Wirtschaftskammern und Verbänden zur Stärkung der ökonomischen Leistungsfähigkeit der beteiligten Regionen. In dieser Union kooperieren 17 deutsche, 7 polnische und 10 tschechische Industrie- und Handelskammern...

This action plan at hand will address the questions how ports can increase their efficiency, enhance their role in the industry, and become more sustainable. After presenting low carbon port activities within the DUAL ports project, the paper will derive implications for low carbon emission...