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

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

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.

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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