So far, there has been no data set which observes firm formations in Germany not only on a cross-sectional basis using … founded firms, including studies of firm survival. This paper describes the design of the KfW/ZEW Start-up Panel. The surveyﾒs …

coordination). Our model shows how the firm designs its explicit incentive system and organizes work processes to take these …

after controlling for several other factors, including firm-specific fixed-effects. The rate of return of ICT investment …

This paper studies the effect of the firm-size distribution on the relationship between employment and output. We … firm size distributions are estimated using firm-level data from Germany, Sweden and the UK, and used to augment a …

the firm employing them. We first find a very strong and robust correlation between the CEO's network and that of his … their CEO job when their firm performs badly. Secondly, CEOs who are former bureaucrats are more likely to accumulate … directorships, and the more they do, the less profitable is the firm they run. Thirdly, the value created by acquisitions made by …

securing the long-run survival of the firm. Consequently, employee representatives on the supervisory board could well have an …

globalization on firm-level performance along four dimensions: ownership of capital, employment of foreign-seasoned managers, and …, the marginal productivity gains of foreign-ownership are greatly reduced when the firm is already an exporter. Breaking … down the effects of each channel by firm size, we show that smaller firms stand the most to gain from export market …