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Regional Urbanization and Knowledge-Intensive Business Activities (KIBS): An Example of Small and Medium-Sized Cities in the Greater Stuttgart Region (Germany)

Wagner, Madeleine
Growe, Anna

The objective of this paper is to understand the role of small and medium-sized cities as economic locations, and as potential anchor locations, in grounding processes of regional urbanization in the knowledge economy. Based on quantitative occupational data, the deconcentration processes of knowledge-intensive business activities are analyzed for the Greater Stuttgart Region in southern Germany. The way in which the different knowledge bases used in knowledge-intensive business activities influence spatial patterns of economic activity in the surrounding area of the core city, including small and medium-sized towns, is discussed. The knowledge bases differentiated in this paper are analytical, synthetic and symbolic knowledge.

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In: Urban Science Volume 4 / Issue 1 (2019-12-19) , S. ; eissn:2413-8851
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@article{doi:10.17170/kobra-2024110611075,
  author    ={Wagner, Madeleine and Growe, Anna},
  title    ={Regional Urbanization and Knowledge-Intensive Business Activities (KIBS): An Example of Small and Medium-Sized Cities in the Greater Stuttgart Region (Germany)},
  keywords ={710 and Stuttgart (Region) and Kleinstadt and Mittelstadt and Reurbanisierung and Wissensintensives Unternehmen},
  copyright  ={http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
  language ={en},
  journal  ={Urban Science},
  year   ={2019-12-19}
}