Regionale Verankerung von Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie-Unternehmen: Eine Fallstudie in der Technologieregion Karlsruhe

Information- and communication technology (ICT) enterprises act in dynamic international markets. However, the existence of regional ICT-clusters proposes that firms are regionally embedded and demand specific conditions. The paper presents results from a case-study in the "Technologie-Region Karlsruhe". The firms show a considerable degree of regional co-operation, but young and small enterprises tend to be not sufficiently integrated within regional networks. The study also shows that ICT-firms do not differ significantly from other "traditional" sectors regarding cooperation.