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An international cohort comparison of size effects on job growth
Anyadike-Danes, Michael; Bjuggren, Carl-Magnus; … - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
The contribution of different-sized businesses to job creation continues to attract policymakers' attention, however, it has recently been recognized that conclusions about size were confounded with the effect of age. We probe the role of size, controlling for age, by comparing the cohorts of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011095352
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Ownership concentration, institutional development and firm performance in Central and Eastern Europe
Balsmeier, Benjamin; Czarnitzki, Dirk - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
This paper analyzes the relationship of ownership concentration and firm performance in the context of different institutional environments in 28 Central and Eastern European transition economies. Using the BEEPS data for the period from 2002 to 2009 we find an inverted u-shaped relation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008794610
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Productivity, Growth, and Internationalisation: The Case of German and British High Techs
Fryges, Helmut - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004
International engagement is often expected to improve firm performance. Especially for small technology-oriented firms, export activities may be important, being regarded as one way to amortise these firms? high product research and development costs. This paper examines the relationship between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097824
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098256
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Once bitten, twice shy? The performance of entrepreneurial restarts
Metzger, Georg - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2006
The aim of this paper is to analyze the effect of entrepreneurial experience on firm growth. According to the human capital theory, individuals who have higher ?human capital? are more successful than others. Entrepreneurial experience is a kind of human capital and, therefore, should affect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098295
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The effects of corporate and country sustainability characteristics on the cost of debt: An international investigation
Hoepner, Andreas; Oikonomou, Ioannis; Scholtens, Bert; … - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
We investigate the relationship between corporate and country sustainability on the cost of bank loans. We look into … operating in all major industries. Our principal findings reveal that country sustainability related to both social and … of one unit in country sustainability scores is associated with an average decrease in the costs of debt by 64 basis …
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The social long-term care insurance in Germany: origin, situation, threats, and perspectives
Heinicke, Katrin; Thomsen, Stephan L. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
challenges for its sustainability. Therefore, recently suggested reform options are discussed at the end of the paper showing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008518269
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Measuring the immeasurable: a survey of substainability indices
Böhringer, Christoph; Jochem, Patrick - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2006
Sustainability indices for countries provide a one-dimensional metric to valuate country-specific information on the … be performed. This paper reviews the explanatory power of various sustainability indices applied in policy practice. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097645
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Determinants of Environmental Innovations in Germany: Do Organizational Measures Matter? A Discrete Choice Analysis at the Firm Level
Rennings, Klaus; Ziegler, Andreas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004
realization of an environmental product and a process innovation, indeed only compared with the realization of no environmental … innovation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097683
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Der Einfluss ökologischer und sozialer Nachhaltigkeit auf den Shareholder Value europäischer Aktiengesellschaften
Schröder, Michael; Rennings, Klaus; Ziegler, Andreas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2002
(insbesondere auch das Multifaktormodell nach Fama und French, 1993) einbeziehen. Die Abbildung der Nachhaltigkeit erfolgt … das Unternehmen tätig ist, auf den Shareholder Value. Eine entsprechend hohe soziale Nachhaltigkeit der Branche besitzt …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098420