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Die Rolle der Industrie im regionalen Strukturwandel – Das Beispiel Berlin
Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung, Vol. 84 (2015), Iss. 1 : pp. 135–149
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Gesa Koglin, Technologiestiftung Berlin
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The role of relocation mobility in tax and subsidy competition
Haupt, Alexander
Krieger, Tim
Journal of Urban Economics, Vol. 116 (2020), Iss. P.103196
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Abstract
After the fall of the Wall, the city of Berlin experienced a dramatic loss of industrial jobs, which could not be compensated for by the parallel enlargement of the service sector. In the years that followed, industry succeeded in increasing productivity, in part by expanding its capacities in research and development and by outsourcing support services to external providers. Furthermore, through targeted networking within the cluster strategy, cooperation between the rich, publicly funded research landscape of Berlin and the regional economy was supported and encouraged. In the future, this trend towards tertiarization is expected to continue as a result of digitalization in the production process. Berlin has two special potentials: It is already one of centres of the digital economy in Germany. Companies that provide their customers with programming, IT, and IT consulting services have expanded especially strongly in recent years. Through the integration of smart technology, industrial companies can expand their business models and cover more of the value chain. In particular, the geographic proximity between digital services and industrial companies in Berlin, combined with established network structures and a decade and a half of experience gained in the context of the cluster strategy can help to tap this potential, and perhaps usher in something tantamount to a renaissance of industry in Berlin.