The world's leading experts contribute to our understanding of regional innovation, cluster formation and the factors that influence regional productivity and innovative performance. The text improves our understanding of the reasons why, how and where innovation clusters emerge, as well as the factors that determine their respective success or failure. In doing so, it provides a timely and comprehensive picture on innovation, location, networks and clusters as important means in an environment of intensifying interregional competition. The book is written for professional researchers as well as for students and practitioners in politics, business and consultancy.

Kennzeichnend f r Flughafeninfrastrukturprojekte sind eine starke Politisierung der Entscheidungs- und Genehmigungsprozesse sowie jahrelange gerichtliche Auseinandersetzungen. Beides ist geeignet, Zweifel an der Effizienz der bestehenden institutionellen Regelungen und der Rationalit t der staatlichen Planungs- und Genehmigungsentscheidungen zu n hren und deren gesellschaftliche Akzeptanz zu verringern. In dieser Studie werden die grundlegenden Probleme einer effizienzorientierten Flughafeninfrastrukturpolitik dargestellt und die Erfahrungen diskutiert, die in verschiedenen Infrastruktursektoren und L ndern mit unterschiedlichen institutionellen Rahmenbedingungen gemacht wurden. Vor diesem Hintergrund werden Leitlinien f r eine effizienzorientierte Reform des institutionellen Rahmens der Flughafeninfrastrukturpolitik entwickelt.

The world's leading experts contribute to our understanding of regional innovation, cluster formation and the factors that influence regional productivity and innovative performance. The text improves our understanding of the reasons why, how and where innovation clusters emerge, as well as the factors that determine their respective success or failure. In doing so, it provides a timely and comprehensive picture on innovation, location, networks and clusters as important means in an environment of intensifying interregional competition. The book is written for professional researchers as well as for students and practitioners in politics, business and consultancy.