Die Treiber der räumlichen Emergenz und Konzentration der Photovoltaik-Industrie in Deutschland

Breul, Moritz and Broekel, Tom and Brachert, Matthias (2015): Die Treiber der räumlichen Emergenz und Konzentration der Photovoltaik-Industrie in Deutschland. Published in: Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsgeographie , Vol. 59, No. 3 (2015): pp. 133-150.

Abstract

Following the relatedness literature, we explore to what extent related industries influenced the regional emergence of the PV-industry. In addition, we shed light on factors explaining selective processes of clustering. We particularly argue that generic resources and resources of related activities have been crucial for the regional concentration in early phases of the industry life cycle. With increasing maturity, industry-specific resources became more important. Based on a unique dataset containing population dynamics of the German PV-industry, the hypotheses are tested empirically. Our results partially confirm the assumed beneficial effects of related industries for the emergence of the PV-industry. Moreover, we observe changes in the relative importance of factors supporting regional concentration, with industry-specific resources becoming dominant as the industry matures.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: The drivers of the spatial emergence and clustering of the photovoltaic industry in Germany.
• Language: German
• Keywords: Photovoltaik Industrie, Entstehung, Konzentration, Clusterung, Deutschland
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights > O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences ; Diffusion Processes; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights > O38 - Government Policy; R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics > R1 - General Regional Economics > R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes

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