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What drives the productive efficiency of a firm? : the importance of industry, location, R&D, and size

Badunenko, Oleg (contributor); Fritsch, Michael (contributor) - 2008

This paper investigates the factors that explain the level and dynamics of manufacturing firm productive efficiency. In our empirical analysis, we use a unique sample of about 39,000 firms in 256 industries from the German Cost Structure Census over the years 1992-2005. We estimate the...

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Allocative efficiency measurement revisited : do we really need input prices?

Badunenko, Oleg (contributor); Fritsch, Michael (contributor) - 2006

enterprises from the chemical industry in Germany. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003338120

Do newly founded firms pay lower wages? : First evidence from Germany

Brixy, Udo; Kohaut, Susanne; Schnabel, Claus - In: Small business economics : an entrepreneurship journal 29 (2007) 1/2, pp. 161-171

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Employment stability in newly founded firms : a matching approach using linked employer-employee data from Germany

Schnabel, Claus; Kohaut, Susanne; Brixy, Udo - In: Small business economics : an entrepreneurship journal 36 (2011) 1, pp. 85-100

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The effect of new business formation on regional development over time : the case of Germany

Fritsch, Michael; Mueller, Pamela - In: Small business economics : an entrepreneurship journal 30 (2008) 1, pp. 15-29

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How large are the direct employment effects of new businesses? : an empirical investigation for West Germany

Fritsch, Michael; Weyh, Antje - In: Small business economics : an entrepreneurship journal 27 (2006) 2/3, pp. 245-260

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The long persistence of regional entrepreneurship culture : Germany 1925 - 2005

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2012

We investigate the persistence of levels of self-employment and new business formation in different time periods and under different framework conditions. The analysis shows that high levels of regional self-employment and new business formation tend to be persistent for periods as long as 80...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009579325

Who starts a business and who is self-employed in Germany

Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander; Rusakova, Alina - 2012

entrepreneurship in Germany between 1991 and 2010, the first two decades after reunification. We investigate the socioeconomic … increase in self-employment in Germany by 40 percent which can partly be attributed to the transformation process of East … Germany and to the shift to the service sector. We notice a yearly start-up rate of 1 percent among the working population …

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Why does the effect of new business formation differ across regions?

Fritsch, Michael; Schroeter, Alexandra - In: Small business economics : an entrepreneurship journal 36 (2011) 4, pp. 383-400

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Does quality make a difference? : Employment effects of high- and low-quality start-ups

Fritsch, Michael; Schroeter, Alexandra - 2011

This paper investigates the impact of new firms' quality on the magnitude of their employment effects. Our results clearly show that the quality of start-ups, measured by their affiliation with sectors and innovative industries, strongly influences the direct and the overall employment...

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