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Firm Level Implications of Early Stage Venture Capital Investment: An Empirical Investigation

Keilbach, Max; Engel, Dirk - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2002

The paper analyses the impact of venture capital finance on growth and innovation activities of young German firms … display higher growth rates but do not differ in their innovative output from otherwise comparable firms. We derive strategic …

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Growth determinants of start-ups in Eastern Germany: a comparison between innovative and non-innovative firms

Almus, Matthias; Nerlinger, Eric A.; Steil, Fabian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1999

This empirical analysis deals with the determinants of growth and the explanation of variations in the growth between … innovative and non-innovative start-ups. Based on theoretical models explaining the growth of firms, hypotheses on potential … determinants are formulated. The regression results indicate strong correlations between the growth rate on the one side and …

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Beschäftigungsdynamik in jungen innovativen Unternehmen: Empirische Ergebnisse für West-Deutschland

Almus, Matthias; Nerlinger, Eric A. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1998

Die Ergebnisse der multivariaten Analysen zur Beschäftigungsdynamik und dem Wachstumspotential junger innovativer Unternehmen lassen erkennen, daß junge innovative Unternehmen signifikant höhere Wachstumsraten erzielen als junge Unternehmen mit traditionellen Produkten. Die Abschätzung der...

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Wachstumsdeterminanten junger Unternehmen in den alten und neuen Bundesländern: Ein Vergleich zwischen innovativen und nicht-innovativen Unternehmen

Almus, Matthias; Engel, Dirk; Nerlinger, Eric A. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1999

The paper deals with growth determinants of innovative and noninnovative start-ups in Eastern and Western Germany …. Based on theoretical approaches explaining the growth of firms, hypotheses on potential determinants are derived. The … empirical results indicate strong correlations between average annual growth rates on the one side and firm-specific as well as …

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Business services in Germany: bridges for innovation

Czarnitzki, Dirk; Spielkamp, Alfred - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2000

During the last 20 years, R&D and innovation activities in the service sector have clearly increased. Especially business services are believed to be one of the main drivers of technical changes and economic progress. Looking at the labour indices calculated over the period from 1982 to 1996 one...

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Business Start-ups by the Unemployed - an Econometric Analysis Based on Firm Data

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Reize, Frank - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1998

This study investigates firm survival and employment growth of start-ups by unemployed people in East and West Germany … the East German regions, an influence on employment growth is not evident. …

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Evaluating the impact of public start-up assistance: results from an econometric approach

Almus, Matthias - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2001

This paper analyzes the medium-term growth performance of firms that exclusively received start-up assistance from … interview data). The empirical analysis shows that firms receiving assistance perform better in terms of employment growth over …

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FIML estimation of a bivariate probit selection rule: an application on firm growth and subsidisation

Reize, Frank - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2001

selection rule for the investigation of the impact of subsidised firm foundation from unemployment on employment growth of the … two-step estimator. The FIML model yields a significant negative impact of bridging allowance on employment growth …

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Robust GMM Estimation of an Euler Equation Investment Model with German Firm Level Panel Data

Janz, Norbert - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1997

applied to an Euler equation model of firm investment behaviour with imperfectly competitive product markets for a small panel …

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Patenting Behaviour and Employment Growth in German Start-up Firms: A Panel Data Analysis

Niefert, Michaela - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005

positive effect on employment growth that is typically most pronounced in the second year after application. The effect seems … to diminish with firm age. Patenting firms do not generally exhibit higher growth rates than their non …-patenting counterparts; instead, growth performance depends on their patenting activity over time. …

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