This report was produced by the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE), led by Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, Director, as part of the Programme of Work of the Regional Development Policy Committee (RDPC). It was produced with financial support from the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce (HCC).
The report was co-ordinated and co-authored by Andrés Fuentes Hutfilter, Head of Unit, under the supervision of Rüdiger Ahrend, Head of the Economic Analysis, Statistics and Data Division of CFE. Further co-authors are Ha-Young Jeon (CFE) and Matteo Schleicher (CFE) (Chapter 1), Caroline Gentet-Raskopf (CFE), Anna Molchanova (HCC), Matteo Schleicher and Valentina Ventricelli (CFE) (Chapter 2), Caroline Gentet-Raskopf, Ronald Halim (Equitable Maritime Consulting), Geneviève McInnes (consultant), Anaïs Rault (CFE) and Ha-Young Jeon (Chapter 3), Ander Eizaguirre (CFE), Mariam Fofana (CFE) and Oriana Romano (Chapter 4). Anna Molchanova and Simone Ruschmann (both Department for Climate Action, Energy and Manufacturing Industries, HCC) provided statistical resources and advice. The report was prepared for publication by Pilar Philip. Carlos Lerma-Poveda provided technical and editing support.
The OECD would like to thank Malte Heyne, Dirk Lau and Jan-Oliver Siebrand (all HCC) for their strong support throughout the preparation of the report as well as for useful comments.
The authors also wish to thank Sebastian Averdung (Council for the Energy Transition, Hamburg), Stefan Aykut (University of Hamburg), Lutz Birke (Ministry for Economic Affairs, City of Hamburg), Claudia Bühler (Michael Otto Foundation), Henner Buhck (Energy and Environment Committee, HCC), Timo Busch (University of Hamburg), Kai Gerullis (HCC), Benno Hain (Ministry for Environment, Climate and Agriculture, City of Hamburg), Daniela Jacob (Hamburg Climate Council), Heinz Lehmann (Urban Development Committee, HCC), Kerstin Kuchta (Technical University Hamburg), Marcus Merkenich (Chancellery, City of Hamburg) and Kerstin Wendt-Heinrich (Logistics, Port and Shipping Committee, HCC). The report also benefitted from valuable inputs from Matthias Ederhof (EnergieNetz-Hamburg) and Nick Zippel (Sager & Deus and Opländer Haustechnik) as well as numerous further interview partners from the Hamburg business community, the City government and research institutions. The authors are also indebted to Nadim Ahmad, Soo-Jin Kim, Sandrine Kergroach, Oriana Romano (all OECD/CFE), Peter Levi (International Energy Agency) and other colleagues for their comments. The OECD Secretariat also thanks the delegates to the RDPC for their valuable comments.