@techreport{PompZundel2021, type = {Working Paper}, author = {Pomp, Caron and Zundel, Stefan}, title = {Das Innovationsgeschehen in Darmstadt-Starkenburg und in der Lausitz - ein Vergleich}, issn = {2703-1152}, doi = {10.26127/BTUOpen-5460}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:co1-opus4-54604}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Innovationen gelten als einer der Treiber f{\"u}r die Wirtschaftsentwicklung. Da Innovationsprozesse hochkomplexe, interaktive Vorg{\"a}nge sind, ist deren Auspr{\"a}gung regional unterschiedlich. Dies ist bedingt durch regionsspezifische Besonderheiten wie das Vorhandensein und die Interkationen der am Innovationsprozess beteiligten Akteure. Gegenstand dieser Untersuchung ist die Frage, in welchen Aspekten sich das Innovationsgeschehen in metropolitanen gegen{\"u}ber peripheren Re-gionen unterscheidet und wie diese Unterschiede anhand quantitativer Indikatoren erkennbar sind. Als Vertreter dieser Regionstypen wurden die Regionen Darmstadt und die Lausitz ausgew{\"a}hlt.}, subject = {Lausitz; Darmstadt; Innovationsgeschehen; Lusatia; Innovation activity; Regional innovation; Lausitz; Innovation; Darmstadt}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Pomp2025, author = {Pomp, Caron}, title = {Regional innovation systems and structural change in Lusatia}, doi = {10.26127/BTUOpen-7187}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:co1-opus4-71871}, school = {BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg}, year = {2025}, abstract = {The 2015 Paris Agreement called on developed countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to prevent the average global temperature from rising above 2°C. To achieve this goal, Germany decided to phase out lignite by 2038 at the latest. Recognising that the phase-out would lead to structural change in lignite mining regions, the government established the Coal Commission, which issued recommendations in its final report on how to manage this structural change. Lusatia, one of Germany's three lignite mining regions, will receive a total of €17.2 billion. This money will be used to fund research and innovation, secure the competitiveness of the regional economy and transform the regional energy system with new technologies and business models. However, the question is whether this unique amount of funding will be sufficient to stimulate regional economic development and green transformation in the rural and peripheral region. This dissertation aims to contribute to answering this question from the perspective of Regional Innovation Systems (RIS). The RIS framework helps to explain the uneven geographical distribution of innovation and serves as a basis for the design and implementation of place-based innovation policies, the promotion of regional innovation capacity and the development of new industrial paths. The work is based on three different studies that focus on certain aspects of the RIS framework. Chapter 2 is dedicated to the question if the strength of German RIS is related to the cooperation for innovation. The study finds that there is indeed a strong positive correlation between the two, which helps to understand why it is useful to foster cooperation and establish new research institutes to improve Lusatia's RIS in the long term. Chapter 3 analyses green path development in the lignite industry and the influence of the respective RIS in the German mining regions. While there was an observable shift towards renewables in the regions, the lignite industry was hardly connected to the three RIS. In addition, especially the lignite industry in Lusatia suffered from technological lock-in and only started to pursue a path renewal after the phase-out decision. The implication is that transforming industries should be supported, but their willingness to transform is likely to depend on changes in regulatory and market conditions at the national or even international level, rather than on RIS conditions. Chapter 4 focuses on the Smart Specialisation approach and analyses if Smart Specialisation in the field of energy is realistic in Lusatia. The study shows that the potential for such specialisation has not been sufficient in the past, but that critical masses can be achieved if the new research facilities and projects actually attract new companies and workers in the long term and if this remains the case after the initial funding has ended.}, subject = {Regional innovation systems; Structural change; Lusatia; Regionale Innovationssysteme; Strukturwandel; Lausitz; Lausitz; Strukturwandel; Regionale Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Innovation}, language = {en} }