Innovation Clusters: Combining Physical and Virtual Links

Innovation is increasingly seen as a collective action which involves many different actors operating in a cluster context. These clusters are usually conceived as local agglomerations. In this paper it will be argued that they are an important tool to study innovation, but the globalisation of companies and markets and the specific requirements of innovation processes require the expansion of cluster concepts towards virtual dimensions. It will be shown that the combination of local and virtual cluster links improves access to essential resources in innovation. An examples taken from the automotive component sector will illustrate the concept.Innovation, cluster dynamics, automotive components.

Fibre-optic Networks: On Investment, Regulation and Competition

Telekommunikation, Lichtleiterkommunikation, Regulierung, Investition, Wettbewerb, Telecommunications, Optical fibre transmission, Regulation, Investment, Competition

Economic Convergence or Divergence in the EU? CEPS Commentary 4 October 2018

In preparation for the forthcoming annual conference of Intereconomics, three experts who will be speaking at the event will answer some of the core questions on the theme

The first prior: From co-embodiment to co-homeostasis in early life

The idea that our perceptions in the here and now are influenced by prior events and experiences has recently received substantial support and attention from the proponents of the Predictive Processing (PP) and Active Inference framework in philosophy and computational neuroscience. In this paper we look at how perceptual experiences get off the ground from the outset, in utero. One basic yet overlooked aspect of current PP approaches is that human organisms first develop within another human body. Crucially, while not all humans will have the experience of being pregnant or carrying a baby, the experience of being carried and growing within another person's body is universal. Specifically, we focus on the development of minimal selfhood in utero as a process co-embodiment and co-homeostasis, and highlight their close relationship. We conclude with some implications on several critical questions fuelling current debates on the nature of conscious experiences, minimal self and social cognition

Das Dilemma des Alters

Begrifflichkeit von "alt"; Definition Mensch, ausgehend von Plessner; Entwicklung der Kognition, Beschreibung der kognitiven Leistungsfähigkeiten sowie deren Grenzen und Potentiale im Alter; Konsequenzen für den alten Menschen; Kontext zum "sozialen" Mesokosmos; Selbstentfremdung; Ich-Dissoziation; Identitätskrise

Exploitation of Dynamic Communication Patterns through Static Analysis

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Electro/magnetoencephalographic signatures of human brain insulin resistance

Human insulin action influences eating behavior, peripheral metabolism and cognition. Detailed insights into the neuronal processes related to human brain insulin action can be obtained by direct measures of neuronal activity with electroencephalography and magnetoencephalography. Results of recent studies show that spontaneous, task and stimulus related neuronal activity is modulated by insulin and that several factors like increased body weight and body composition can result in brain insulin resistance. Recent technological advances even allow the investigation of human brain functions in utero in relation to the metabolic status of the mother and indicate an effect of the mother’s insulin sensitivity on the brain function of the fetus. In conclusion, studies based on direct neuronal measurements may help to determine the developmental trajectory related to insulin action and resistance