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The organizational design of high-tech startups and product innovation
Grimpe, Christoph; Murmann, Martin; Sofka, Wolfgang - 2017
We investigate whether appointing a middle management level affects startups’ innovation performance. Additional hierarchical levels are often suspected to restrict innovative activities. However, founders’ capacities for information processing and resource allocation are usually strongly...
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Matching of individuals for start-ups : test of the O-ring theory
Müller, Bettina (contributor) - 2008
In this paper I analyse how individuals match for for the purpose of setting up a new firm. As a theoretical basis I use the O-ring theory introduced by Kremer (1993) and applied to new firms by Fabel (2004). The O-ring theory predicts that individuals segregate between firms according to their...
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Ability matching and survival of start-ups
Müller, Bettina - 2009
In this paper, I analyse how the survival of new firms is affected by the average ability level in the founding team …, the team size, team members' homogeneity with respect to ability, and team members' heterogeneity with respect to … whole population of Danish firms founded in 1998, I find that the average ability level in a team and the team size have …
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Team heterogeneity in startups and its development over time
Kaiser, Ulrich; Müller, Bettina - 2013
is team additions had the same characteristics as the initial team members. …
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Gendered access to finance : the role of team formation, idea quality, and implementation constraints in business evaluations
Bartoš, Vojtěch; Castro, Silvia; Czura, Kristina; … - 2023
ability or implementation constraints in running a business. Policies aimed at team creation for start-up enterprises may have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014388597
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Gendered access to finance : the roles of team formation, idea quality, and implementation constraints in business evaluations
Bartoš, Vojtěch; Castro, Silvia; Czura, Kristina; … - 2024
’s implementation constraints in running a business. Policies aimed at team formation and alleviating family-related constraints may …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014578559
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Restrictive immigration policy in Germany : pains and gains foregone?
Felbermayr, Gabriel (contributor); Geis, Wido (contributor);  … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003712536
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Nach der Reform ist vor der Reform? : eine arbeitsökonomische Analyse ausgewählter Aspekte der Hartz-Reformen
Fitzenberger, Bernd (contributor) - 2008
Arbeitsmarktentwicklung und die Arbeitsmarktprobleme in Deutschland. Vor diesem Hintergrund erfolgt eine Analyse und Bewertung der Reform von …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003650257
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Firm closure, financial losses and the consequences for an entrepreneurial restart
Metzger, Georg (contributor) - 2008
Many entrepreneurs who close a business are actually willing to venture anew. However, to realize a restart is not only a matter of willingness on the part of the entrepreneur but also of its feasibility. Regarding the feasibility of a restart, the aspect of capital acquisition might be...
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Minimum wage incidence : the case for Germany
Knabe, Andreas (contributor); Schöb, Ronnie (contributor) - 2008
Using data from the 2006 wave of the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), this paper analyzes how a minimum wage affects employment, wage inequality, public expenditures, and aggregate income in the low-wage sector. It is shown that a statutory minimum wage of EUR 7.50 per hour would cost...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003771867