firm to do more things within the firm. In addition, it is ex¬pected that there is a relationship between entry rate and …

significant impact on both entry of new firms and on firm exit. For the primary sector and the manufacturing sector this impact is … there is a strong negative impact on firm entry in all sectors. This is in line with what one could expect as there are …

regional determinants of entry and exit considering these findings. The empirical analysis is performed using data on Swedish … firm entry and exit rates for 1997-2001. It is shown that on average about 0.5 to 2.7 percent of the regional variation in … entry and exit rates remains to be explained, after controlling for differences in industrial structure, but that there is …

. Entrepreneurial entry serves to transform and revitalize industries, thereby enhancing their competiveness. This paper investigates if … entry of new firms influences productivity amongst incumbent firms, and the extent to which altered productivity can be … varies over time, what we refer to as a delayed entry effect. An immediate negative influence on productivity is followed by …

-production capacity trapped. It is equally important to explain the conditions for knowledge flows and diffusion. The presentation also …