Die Studie untersucht die Berichterstattung zur griechischen Staatsschuldenkrise im ersten Halbjahr 2015 in der deutschen Medienöffentlichkeit am Beispiel bundesweiter Tageszeitungen sowie der Onlineplattform "Spiegel Online". Mittels quantitativer Inhaltsanalyse der Artikel zur griechischen...

We develop a simple theoretical model of a long term buyer-supplier relationship with non-contractible buyer specific R&D investment, and derive predictions on the effects of trust and competition on suppliers' investment and buyers' procurement strategies. We address these issues empirically...

Although the phase of euphoria seems to be over, policymakers and regional agencies have maintained their interest in cluster policy. Modern cluster theory provides reasons for positive external effects that may accrue from interaction in a group of proximate enterprises operating in common and...

Strong regional clusters are increasingly seen as a response to economic globalization by policy makers and regional development agencies. The reasoning of competitive advantages of countries and regions with enterprises organized in clusters has mainly been popularized by Porter (1990, 1998,...

In the last years access to research data has made a lot of progress in EU countries. Nevertheless transnational access to confidential microdata - although there are some developments like "Data without Boundaries" - is still complicated and needs improvement. The first part of the paper...