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 …

Our research, based on the ZEW-Foundation Panel East, examines whether high-tech start-ups are mainly founded in …. Moreover, high-tech start-ups are more concentrated within or near technology and foundation centres. …

The paper deals with the analysis of causal effects of venture capital finance for start-ups founded between 1991 and …

-firm foundations and start-ups in business related services in East German districts near to the Polish border are higher than in …

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 …