Entrepreneurship in the Districts Mittweida in Saxony, and Altenburger Land in Thuringia
OECD Local Entrepreneurship Reviews Entrepreneurship in the Districts Mittweida in Saxony, and Altenburger Land in Thuringia Discussion Paper Prepared by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development September 2006 This local case study on entrepreneurship and local economic development in the District Mittweida (Saxony) and Altenburger Land (Thuringia) would not have been possible without the contributions provided by the project partners at Land level. Ms Gabriele Noack, Department for Regional Development Strategies and Mr Reinhard Flaskamp, Department Business start-ups and financing entrepreneurship, banks and stock exchange from the Saxony Ministry of Economy and Labour and Mr Klaus Kofler from the Saxony Development Bank (SAB) supported the process in Saxony, and Mr Claus Muschik, Ministry of Economy, Technology and Labour, Department General Economic Policy represented Thuringia. The authors are also grateful to the local authorities at district and municipal levels for their interest in the review and their engagement in the organisation of the study visit and the regional workshop. The latter would not have been possible without the time and commitment of all interview partners and workshop participants, as well as the organisational support provided by Regionomica, Berlin. Special thanks are extended to the translators and interpreters that made this work happening. Authors' note AUTHORS' NOTE This discussion paper on "Entrepreneurship in the Districts Mittweida (Saxony) and Altenburger Land (Thuringia)" is part of a series of discussion papers resulting from the OECD review on "Strengthening Entrepreneurship and Local Economic Development in East Germany". The review, a co-operative project between the German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs and the OECD, is being implemented by the action programme on Local Employment and Economic Development (LEED), within the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local Development.
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