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Struktureller Umbruch durch COVID-19: Implikationen für die Innovationspolitik im Land Bremen

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Historically, recessions and economic crises are an inherent part of economic development. The recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is a hitherto unprecedented and unpredictable event. All areas of the economy, public and social life have been hit by the consequences of the pandemic. The Covid-19 pandemic occurred at a time when the need for decarbonization and sustainability of resource use on the one hand and the advancing digitization on the other were being discussed intensively across Europe. Even more, in a structural change and a situation of upheaval, which has now gained momentum due to the pandemic. But, what does this mean for the state of Bremen and the economy?
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