In our new paper “Beyond start-up formation” we examine the effects of #start-up support for #laggingregions beyond fostering new enterprises. This "outward causation" is a relevant contribution of #entrepreneurialecosystems for #regional development.
Available here: doi.org/10.1177/0269...

Can regional banks enhance economic resilience? In our newly published paper, we demonstrate that countries with regional banking systems enhanced economic resilience during the 2008 global financial crisis. However, we did not observe such effect during COVID-19:
doi.org/10.1080/2833...

So macht Fastenbrechen am Sonntag Spaß

Unser BBSR #MORO Lebendige Regionen Modellvorhaben zum Thema #Regionalentwicklung in Zeiten angespannter #kommunaler #Finanzen ist seit einigen Monaten abgeschlossen und endlich sind auch die letzten Veröffentlichungen erschienen. Publikationsübersicht in unsere PM:
www.iat.eu/medien/2024/...

Was es mit unseren diesjährigen Weihnachtskartenmotiv auf sich hat erfahr Ihr nur analog. Ich habe jetzt Urlaub. Herzlichen Weihnachtsgrüße aus dem @Institut Arbeit und Technik

Die erste Weihnachtskarte ist geschrieben, es weihnachtet...

Kolleg*in gesucht! In unserer AG Wirtschaftsgeographie ist wieder eine Stelle ausgeschrieben. Leitet die Ausschreibung gerne weiter und meldet euch bei Fragen. www.ku.de/fileadmin/19...

You just know you're in for a wild ride when an entrepreneurship paper has a table like this. (from Fritsch et al 2023 "On the Roman origins of entrepreneurship and innovation in Germany" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Delighted to share that our #Ruhrgebiet #cybersecurity #ecosystem paper is online #cjres:
academic.oup.com/cjres/advanc...

We show how it all started with the HGI @RUB and the scale-ups like PHYSEC and AWARE7 and what it has to do with current debates in regional development research.

Our studies on the #Zukunftscampus Emscher-Lippe region have been published
www.mags.nrw/zukunftscampus
For us, Zukunftscampus means strengthening the attractiveness of vocational training, especially for energy transition professions, and thus contributing to green transition at the Emscher.

Spannender AK Industriegeographie

Our project page is now online: www.ecosys4you.eu
I'm very happy to be part of this excellent European project and hope that we can improve entepreurship in Varana, Slovenia and the Ruhrgebiet. Much work ahead with superb colleagues @annabutzin.bsky.social @kmeyer.bsky.social and Maria
#geoinno

I think one of the worst quirks of online spaces is the idea that if someone doesn't post about something, they don't care about it. It encourages performative posting often makes things worse.

I care a lot. I just don't want to add another poorly-informed voice. I'm reading & thinking.

Injecting climate finance into SME lending?
Regional banks can contribute to the green transformation of SMEs in Germany but also have the means and market power to slow such transformation. Happy to share our paper online:

www.degruyter.com/document/doi...

Excursion to the brownfield development of Mark 51°7 in Bochum with my colleagues from IAT. Great to see how quickly Bochum managed to turn the Opel care factory into a dynamic technology and Cybersecurity park. Thank you to RUB makerspace for giving us a tour and shalter on this ☔ day