Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/29999
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
IWH Discussion Papers No. 13/2008
Publisher: 
Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH), Halle (Saale)
Abstract: 
The ‘cluster theory’ has become one of the main concepts promoting regional competitiveness, innovation, and growth. As most studies focus on measures of concentration of one industrial branch in order to identify regional clusters, the appropriate analysis of specific vertical relations within a value-adding chain is developing in this discussion. This paper tries to identify interrelated sectors via national input-output tables with the help of Minimal Flow Analysis by Schnabl (1994). The regionalization of these national industry templates is carried out with the allocation of branch-specific production values on regional employment. As a result, the paper shows concentrations of vertical clusters in only 27 of 439 German NUTS-3 regions.
Subjects: 
Industrial clusters
Qualitative inputoutput analysis
Vertical linkages
JEL: 
C67
O14
L14
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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