innovative and non-innovative start-ups. Based on theoretical models explaining the growth of firms, hypotheses on potential … legal form and formal links to other firms from Western industrialised countries have an impact on the development of start-ups … Eastern German counties have an impact on growth. Comparing annual growth rates of start-ups, innovative start-ups grow on …

The paper deals with an analysis of the growth of innovative and non-innovative start-ups in Eastern and Western … of firms extended by aspects especially relevant for innovative firms. The most striking result is that innovative start-ups … start-ups achieve higher growth rates in the first years of existence. These rates decline with increasing age and size …

-term program effects on the survival chances and the average annual employment growth rates of assisted firms. In order to estimate … effects of public assistance on the survival chances and the average annual employment growth rates of young German firms. …

The paper deals with the question which determinants can explain regional differences in the number of start-ups in … operating in knowledge intensive sectors and start-ups belonging to the remaining ones. This separation is done in order to … interpret the estimation results for start-ups in knowledge intensive sectors in a reliable way. The remaining firms serve as a …