Modem innovation theory holds that the choice of production technique and technical porgress are unseparable activities so that technological progress can be described as localized. Based on this conception one has to expect an intra-sectoral firm heterogeneity in the production techniques...

With its Leading-Edge Cluster Competition (in German: Spitzencluster-Wettbewerb; LECC), the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF) is supporting innovation clusters in a nationwide contest for the first time. In three rounds, 15 cluster...

Der Spitzencluster-Wettbewerb bildet ein Kernstück der Hightech-Strategie der Bundesregierung. Im Rahmen des Wettbewerbs werden im Zeitraum von 2008 bis 2017 für 15 ausgewählte Cluster insgesamt 600 Millionen Euro an öffentlichen Mitteln durch das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung...

With its Leading-Edge Cluster Competition (in German: Spitzencluster-Wettbewerb; LECC), the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF) is supporting innovation clusters in a nationwide contest for the first time. In three rounds, 15 cluster...