The Cluster has a number of cross-sectional technology industries with a high level of developmental potential for the region:
- the emerging logistics industry with quickly growing flows of goods and use of internet-based technology (E-Logistics, telematics)
- trade with its dynamic development of sales area and business types with a sales area per inhabitants above the national average
- tourism and the hotel and restaurant industry with constantly high numbers of guests, long stays by trend and a high number of foreign visitors
- the Trade Fair and Congress industry with a high proportion of scientific events and with inter-regional social and cultural events
- dynamically growing company service providers and other public and private services including in the data processing, real estate, architecture, engineering, banking, financing, design, advertising and personnel industries
The Basis:
The Cross-Sectional Technology and Services Cluster is structured heterogeneously but does display uniform characteristics:
- high customer orientation
- highly sensitive of market signals