-establishment as employer and the increasing in-terest of young persons in achieving higher levels of education are also important. …

. Hence, the paper focuses on the transition of apprentices into gainful employment. The results show that large …

and development (R&D) - their innovation goals in the medium term. However, the shortage of skilled workers turns out to … be a hindering factor in the innovation process . By contrast, most ICT companies have not been sufficiently suc …-cessful at winning other firms to build R&D co-operations to overcome hurdles to innovation. …

In innovation research, there is a wide-spread notion that women in general and women entrepreneurs in particular are … study shows that this notion is based on a limited definition and examination of innovation. In empirical research as well … as in innovation funding programs, innovation is considered to be technologically based and to take place in certain …

-induced employment breaks - which from a theoretical perspective go along with a loss of human capital - explain women's lower start …-up propensities. The results of the study do not show a clear (negative) relationship between family-induced employment breaks and the … transition into self-employment. If employment breaks are not coupled with a (later) employment guarantee, they even …

investigate survival of start-up firms, turnover, input, value added, and employment effects. Most drop-outs occur in the early …

activities for the level of employment in Germany, an analysis by economic sectors reveals that in almost all sectors exporting … enterprises show an above-average employment development. However, during the years 2008/09, marked by the global economic crisis …, their employment development was below-average. Among the entirety of all exporting companies, small and medium …

employment growth. The results drawn from a job-turnover analysis that bases on longitudinal micro data of the German turnover … employment reducing the negative employment effect of large enterprises. Job destruction emerged particularly in manufacturing … employment growth than large enterprises. The study highlights the important role of micro enterprises and new busi-ness creation …

Prior findings are inconclusive concerning the innovation activities of family SMEs when compared to non …-family counterparts. This study overcomes these shortcomings by analyzing specific determinants influencing the innovation output of … the innovation output continuously falls from generation to generation. …