out both for West Germany - a mature market economy - and for East Germany, which operated under a centrally planned …. -- Entrepreneurship ; Rapid firm growth ; Strategy ; Management ; West Germany ; East Germany …

populism. We re-examine this hypothesis by analyzing the rise of populism in Germany. Our results suggest that the high vote …

This paper demonstrates the development of economic reform of the new Germany following the collapse of the Berlin Wall …. The analysis focuses on the Treuhandanstalt (THA), established in 1990, with responsibility for dividing up East Germany … sozialer Schlüsselfaktor angesehen, der die Wirtschaft im neuen Deutschland formte. Entscheidungen, die sich als nachteilig für …

from a socialist planned system to a market economy in East Germany. Relatively high start-up rates are found in regions …

There is a large and successful literature exploiting the division and re-unification of Germany as a natural … participation (FLFP) in East Germany as compared to West Germany. The starting point of the analysis is the empirical pattern that …

. In this process, the poorly functioning socialist system of East Germany adopted the formal institutions and organization … of West Germany, a western-style market economy. We investigate the effect of this integration on patenting activity by …, the gap between East and West Germany widened considerably over time. This divergence in innovation activity suggests that …