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Intra-regional economic integration, the identification and analysis of clusters in Eastern Bavaria and Central Franconia, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, IAB ; Nicole Litzel

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Thesis (doctoral) - Universität, Regensburg, 2014.

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Intra-regional economic integration

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Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, IAB ; Nicole Litzel

IAB-Bibliothek. Dissertationen, Bd. 351

the identification and analysis of clusters in Eastern Bavaria and Central Franconia

As many establishments are embedded in regional economic structures, their competitive advantages also depend on local conditions. In many regions, these are shaped by regional clusters. Hence, for more than two decades, clusters have attracted a great deal of attention from regional economics and regional economic policy. Which role can clusters play in the progressing integration of markets and the international division of labour that accompanies it? What drives intra-regional cooperation between establishments? And do establishments that position themselves in clusters differ from others in terms of survival rates and employment growth? These are the questions Nicole Litzel addresses using the example of two economic areas in Bavaria, based on data from the cluster-oriented regional information system CORIS.--, Provided by Publisher

Danksagung Table of contents List of figures List of tables Introduction 1 The cluster-oriented regional information system CORIS 1.1 The origins of CORIS 1.2 Project implementation 1.3 Cluster identification in Eastern Bavaria 1.4 Project extension Eastern Bavaria: Donaustädte 1.5 Cluster identification in the Nuremberg region Appendix Chapter 1: Cluster criteria in Eastern Bavaria 2 Industrial clusters and economic integration - theoretic concepts and an application to the European Metropolitan Region Nuremberg Abstract 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Economic integration, agglomeration and clustering 2.3 The analysis of industrial clusters 2.4 Clusters in a European Metropolitan Region: the case of Nuremberg 2.5 Résumé and perspectives 3 Who with whom - co-operation activities in a cluster region Abstract 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Determinants of co-operation 3.2.4 Regional context 3.3 Cluster identification in the Nuremberg region 3.4 Methods 3.4.1 Variables 3.4.2 Estimation strategy 3.5 Results 3.6 Conclusions Appendix Chapter 3 4 Does participation in clusters enhance firms' survival and growth? An establishment-level analysis using CORIS data Abstract 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Review of literature on clusters and their effect on firm survival and growth 4.3 Building the database 4.4 Covariates and hypotheses 4.5 Survival analysis 4.6 Analysis of growth rates 4.7 Conclusions Appendix Chapter 4 Summary and conclusions Bibliography Abstract Kurzfassung