Although there is a host of literature on the locational choice of traditional economy firms, relatively little is known about the locational needs and preferences of new economy firms. Therefore, the current paper provides an empirical analysis of the factors determining the regional...

Ostdeutschland ist hinsichtlich seiner Innovationspotentiale kein monolithischer Block, sondern weist eine sehr differenzierte regionale Innovationsstruktur auf. Regionale Schwerpunkte innovativer Aktivitäten bilden neben Berlin und seinem unmittelbaren Umland vor allem sächsische und...

In this paper we investigate the determinants of entrepreneurial activity in a cross section of German regions for the period 1998-2005. Departing from the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship, the focus of our analysis is on the role of the regional environment and, in particular,...

Although there is a large and rapidly growing literature on the determinants of regional variation in new firm formation, relatively little is known about the interrelation between the characteristics of start-up firms and urban structure. It is only recently that scholars of urban economics...