Research Department: Spatial Capital

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2025

2025:  

Beyond start-up formation: Effects of entrepreneurial ecosystem support activities for developing lagging regions

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Flögel, F., Letonja, M., Meyer, K., Rabadjieva, M., Vilman, Z., Zhekova, R., Zlateva, M. & Butzin, A. (2025): Beyond start-up formation: Effects of entrepreneurial ecosystem support activities for developing lagging regions. Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit, 2025, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1177/02690942241311805

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Journal article

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2025

2025:  

Exploring the Potential of Urban Manufacturer's Waste Heat for the Residential Heating Transition in Germany. A Spatial Analysis Acros Four Federal States

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Angstmann, M., Meyer, K. & Gärtner, S. (2025): Exploring the Potential of Urban Manufacturer's Waste Heat for the Residential Heating Transition in Germany. A Spatial Analysis Acros Four Federal States. IAT discussion paper, 2025 (03). Gelsenkirchen: Institute for Work and Technology, Westphalian University of Applied Sciences. https://doi.org/10.53190/dp/202503

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Internet document

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2025

2025:  

From Waste to Value? Valuation and Materiality in Geographies of Industrial By-product Use

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Angstmann, M. (2025): From Waste to Value? Valuation and Materiality in Geographies of Industrial By-product Use. Progress in Economic Geography, 3 (1), 100034. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peg.2024.100034

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2025

2025:  

Harnessing Societal Innovativeness for Transformative Regional Development

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Terstriep, A. & Angstmann, M. (2025): Harnessing Societal Innovativeness for Transformative Regional Development. IAT discussion paper, 2025 (02). Gelsenkirchen: Institute for Work and Technology, Westphalian University of Applied Sciences. https://doi.org/10.53190/dp/202502

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Internet document

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2025

2025:  

Integrating Manufacturing: Strategies and Legal Approaches Dealing With Noise Conflicts in German Urban Planning

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Meyer, K., Sievers, L., Gärtner, S., Schoppengerd, J. & Söfker-Rieniets, A. (2025): Integrating Manufacturing: Strategies and Legal Approaches Dealing With Noise Conflicts in German Urban Planning. Urban Planning, 10, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.17645/up.9991

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2025

2025:  

Reviewing Environmental Benefits of Urban Manufacturing: Arguments and Evidence fro Carbon, Resource, and Space Efficiency

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Angstmann, M., Meyer, K., Gärtner, S. & Stratmann, L. (2025): Reviewing Environmental Benefits of Urban Manufacturing: Arguments and Evidence fro Carbon, Resource, and Space Efficiency. Urban Planning, 10, 1-31. https://doi.org/10.17645/up.10039

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2024

2024:  

Ecosys4you partnership (2024): A Shortlist of Education and Support Activities. Deliverable 1.3 of the project Ecosys4you - Engaging Entrepreneurial Ecosystems for the Youth, funded by the European Union's Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme

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Butzin, A., Flögel, F., Meyer, K. & Rabadjieva, M. (IAT-WH GE) (2024): Ecosys4you partnership (2024): A Shortlist of Education and Support Activities. Deliverable 1.3 of the project Ecosys4you - Engaging Entrepreneurial Ecosystems for the Youth, funded by the European Union's Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme. , 2024 (D1.3), 1-18. Gelsenkirchen: Institut Arbeit und Technik.

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Report

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2024

2024:  

Globally responsible urban and economic development: Municipal Approaches to Circular Economy

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Gangnus, D. & Meyer, K. (2024): Globally responsible urban and economic development: Municipal Approaches to Circular Economy. Forschung Aktuell, 2024 (09). Gelsenkirchen: Institut Arbeit und Technik, Westfälische Hochschule Gelsenkirchen Bocholt Recklinghausen. https://doi.org/10.53190/fa/202409en

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Internet document

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2024

2024:  

Heterogeneity of urban manufacturing – a statistical analysis of manufacturing companies in three German cities

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Meyer, K. & Schonlau, M. (2024): Heterogeneity of urban manufacturing – a statistical analysis of manufacturing companies in three German cities. European Planning Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2024.2337305

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Journal article

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2024

2024:  

Potential and Venture's Biographies Analysis. Deliverable 1.2 of the project Ecosys4you - Engaging Entrepreneurial Ecosystems for the Youth, funded by the European Union's Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme

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Butzin, A., Flögel, F., Meyer, K. & Rabadjieva, M. (IAT-WH GE) (2024): Potential and Venture's Biographies Analysis. Deliverable 1.2 of the project Ecosys4you - Engaging Entrepreneurial Ecosystems for the Youth, funded by the European Union's Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme. , 2024 (D1.2). Gelsenkirchen: Institut Arbeit und Technik.

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Report

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2024

2024:  

Regional banks and economic resilience: the impact of the global financial crisis and COVID-19 on countries with decentralised and centralised banking systems

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Flögel, F. & Hejnova, T. (2024): Regional banks and economic resilience: the impact of the global financial crisis and COVID-19 on countries with decentralised and centralised banking systems. Finance and Space, 1 (1), 460-488. https://doi.org/10.1080/2833115X.2024.2418860

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Journal article

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2023

2023:  

High-tech development for "left behind" places: lessons-learnt from the Ruhr cybersecurity ecosystem

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Butzin, A. & Flögel, F. (2023): High-tech development for "left behind" places: lessons-learnt from the Ruhr cybersecurity ecosystem. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 17 (2), 307-322. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsad041

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2023

2023:  

Injecting climate finance into SME lending in Germany: Opportunities for and limitations of regional savings and cooperative Banks

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Flögel, F. (2023): Injecting climate finance into SME lending in Germany: Opportunities for and limitations of regional savings and cooperative Banks. ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography, 2023, 13. https://doi.org/10.1515/zfw-2022-0011

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Although small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) contribute considerably to Germany’s carbon emissions, regional savings and cooperative banks − SMEs’ most important financiers − hardly consider this aspect in lending to these businesses. However, given Germany’s commitment to climate neutrality by 2045, suitable approaches for injecting climate finance into these SME lending processes are greatly required. Against this background, the paper at hand aims to introduce the specific case of regional banks into the debate on green finance and green banking and suggest future research in this context. In discussing the state of research on the peculiarities of regional savings and cooperative banks, we outline the resulting opportunities and limitations for climate impact assessments in SME lending. We argue that while the dual bottom-line orientation of regional banks in Germany precludes them from applying simple positive or negative screenings, their in-depth knowledge about local clients and circumstances enables them to be active and engaging partners for the green transformation of SMEs. Nonetheless, we explain why developing solutions to utilise this knowledge for climate finance by integrating climate impact assessments into routine lending processes remains a particularly challenging task.

regional banks, savings banks, cooperative banks, SME lending, climate finance, green banking, climate impact assessment, ESG ratings

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Journal article

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2023

2023:  

Next Generation Small Urban Manufacturing: Apprentices' Perspective on Location Factors, Mixed-Use, and Shared Spaces

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Meyer, K. (2023): Next Generation Small Urban Manufacturing: Apprentices' Perspective on Location Factors, Mixed-Use, and Shared Spaces. Urban Planning, 8 (4). https://doi.org/10.17645/up.v8i4.7040

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Journal article

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2022

2022:  

Analysis of the historical structural change in the German hard coal mining Ruhr area

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Dahlbeck, E., Gärtner, S., Best, B., Kurwan, J., Wehnert, T. & Beutel, J. (2022): Analysis of the historical structural change in the German hard coal mining Ruhr area (case study). CLIMATE CHANGE, 2021 (30).

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Report

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2022

2022:  

Handbook on urban production: Potentials, pathways, measures

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Bathen, A., Bunse, J., Gärtner, S., Meyer, K., Lindner, A., Schambelon, S., Schonlau, M. & Westhoff, S. (2022): Handbook on urban production: Potentials, pathways, measures ([Translation-Editors: Castro, A., Panitz, N. & Wascher, E. by T-Factor project] ). Bochum: UrbaneProduktion.Ruhr.

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Report

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2022

2022:  

High-tech left behind

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Butzin, A. & Flögel, F. (2022): High-tech left behind. IAT discussion paper, 22 (04). Gelsenkirchen: Institut Arbeit und Technik.

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Internet document

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2022

2022:  

Introduction: Bridging local embeddedness and global dynamics - the economics of social innovation

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Terstriep, J. & Rehfeld, D. (2022): Introduction: Bridging local embeddedness and global dynamics - the economics of social innovation. In Terstriep, J. & Rehfeld, D. (eds.), The Economics of Social Innovation (11). Abingdon, New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003291510

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Article in

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2022

2022:  

Manifesto "Reframing Multicultural and Migrant Entrepreneurship"

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David, A., Terstriep, J., Alvarez Monge, A. M. & Boga, N. (2022): Manifesto "Reframing Multicultural and Migrant Entrepreneurship".

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Internet document

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2022

2022:  

Private Equity in Germany: An assessment of transactions, structures and players

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Scheuplein, C. (2022): Private Equity in Germany: An assessment of transactions, structures and players. Study der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, February 2022 (470). Hans-Böckler-Stiftung.

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Internet document

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2022

2022:  

The Economics of Social Innovation

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Terstriep, J. & Rehfeld, D. (eds.) (2022): The Economics of Social Innovation. Abingdon, New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003291510

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Book collection

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2022

2022:  

The global wealth chains of private-equity-run physician practices

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Bůžek, R. & Scheuplein, C. (2022): The global wealth chains of private-equity-run physician practices. Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie, 113 (4), 331-347. https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.12519

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Journal article

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2022

2022:  

UrbaneProduktion.Ruhr - Urban production as a local strategy

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Gärtner, S., Meyer, K. & Schambelon, S. (2022): UrbaneProduktion.Ruhr - Urban production as a local strategy. Research and Development at the Westphalian University. Research Report 2018-2021, 21. Gelsenkirchen: Westfälische Hochschule, University of Applied Sciences.

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Report

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2022

2022:  

UrbaneProduktion.Ruhr – Urban production as a local strategy

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Gärtner, S., Meyer, K. & Schambelon, S. (2022): UrbaneProduktion.Ruhr – Urban production as a local strategy. Research and development at the Westphalian University: research report, 21. Gelsenkirchen: Institute for Work and Technology, Westphalian University of Applied Sciences.

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Report

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2021

2021:  

The Effects of Regional Banks on Economic Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Global Financial Crisis. A Cross-Country Comparison of the European Countries

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Flögel, F. & Hejnová, T. (2021): The Effects of Regional Banks on Economic Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Global Financial Crisis. A Cross-Country Comparison of the European Countries. IAT discussion paper, 21 (01). Gelsenkirchen: Institut Arbeit und Technik.

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