Promoting regional networking and cluster formation in East Germany: A chance for setting up new regional growth regimes in an economically volatile environment?

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 7, Issue 2-5, 2007, Pages 462-481

  Koschatzky, Knut ^a,b   Lo, Vivien ^a,c  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS AND INNOVATION RESEARCH ISI   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c KFW BANKENGRUPPE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cluster; East Germany; Network; Public governance; R d cooperation; Regional growth regime; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248189152     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijeim.2007.012894     Document Type: Article

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