Nicole Litzel 
Intra-regional economic integration [PDF ebook] 
The identification and analysis of clusters in Eastern Bavaria and Central Franconia

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
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