Notes
1The City of Hanover received our survey but declined to respond, pointing out that members of the Association of German Cities (Deutscher Staedtetag) had agreed that surveys to members of the Association of German Cities should be submitted to the association for approval instead of being sent to members directly.
2 http://www.blc.berlin.de/en/B/seite0.jsp?nav1 = open (website accessed 12/28/04)
3 http://www.tk-atlas-berlin.de/tkatlas_berlin/default.cfm (website accessed 12/28/04).
4 http://www.duesseldorf.de/wirtschaftsfoerderung/topbranchen/index.shtml (website accessed 12/28/04).
5 http://www.germancenters.com/(website accessed 02/12/05).
6 http://web14–2.area-21.server-home.net/(website accessed 02/14/05)