Similar Search Results

GAW survey data linked with administrative data of the IAB (GAW-ADIAB) : a documentation and review of empirical evidence and research opportunities

Wyrwich, Michael; Fritsch, Michael; Bublitz, Elisabeth; … - 2018

New business formation plays an important role for economic development. Therefore, policy makers put emphasis on fostering start-up activity. Aims and scope of entrepreneurs can be just as heterogeneous as the structure of new ventures. The project "New business formation and the labor market...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011925657

Socioeconomic heritage and rapid firm growth

Wyrwich, Michael - 2009

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 …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003906043

Drivers of self-employment : a multivariate decomposition analysis for the case of Germany

Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander; Sorgner, Alina - 2013

We analyze the sources of the rise in the levels of self-employment in Germany since reunification by applying the non …-linear Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique. This analysis is performed separately for East and West Germany in order to account … particular increase of solo-entrepreneurship. -- entrepreneurship ; Germany , non-linear Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009686473

Does successful innovation require large urban areas? : Germany as a counterexample

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2020

environmental conditions that are absent in smaller cities or remote and rural areas. Germany provides a clear counterexample to … such theories. We argue that a main force behind the geography of innovation in Germany is the country's federal tradition …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012167186

Regional knowledge, entrepreneurial culture and innovative start-ups over time and space : an empirical investigation

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2018

We investigate the role of entrepreneurship culture and the historical knowledge base of a region on current levels of new business formation in innovative industries. The analysis is for German regions and covers the time period 1907-2014. We find a pronounced positive relationship between high...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011772874

Historical roots of entrepreneurial culture and innovation activity : an analysis for German regions

Fritsch, Michael; Obschonka, Martin; Wyrwich, Michael - 2018

There is a research gap with respect to understanding the role of entrepreneurial culture and tradition for actual start-up behaviour. We combine historical self-employment data (entrepreneurial tradition) with a psychological measure for entrepreneurial attitudes (entrepreneurial culture). The...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011872288

The apple doesnt́ fall far from the tree : location of start-ups relative to incumbents

Falck, Oliver; Fritsch, Michael; Heblich, Stephan - 2009

vary in their pattern of new firm location. In East Germany, only 5 percent of the industries reveal start-up localization … patterns beyond what natural advantages would suggest compared to 40 percent in West Germany. -- Entrepreneurship ; location …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003796305

Who are the brokers of knowledge in regional systems of innovation? : a multi-actor network analysis

Kauffeld-Monz, Martina; Fritsch, Michael - 2008

The discussion on regional innovation systems emphasizes the duality of local and global links. While the former enable effective knowledge exchange between regional actors, the latter are considered to provide regional systems with knowledge diverse to their knowledge base. Our empirical...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003798357

How general conditions affect regional innovation systems : the case of the two Germanys

Fritsch, Michael; Graf, Holger - 2010

We compare two leading regional innovation systems (RIS) in East Germany with two RIS in West Germany of about the same …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008669972

Personality traits, self-employment, and professions

Fritsch, Michael; Rusakova, Alina - 2010

We investigate the effect of broad personality traits' - the Big Five - on an individua's decision to become self-employed. In particular, we test an overall indicator of the entrepreneurial personality. Since we find that the level of self-employment varies considerably across professions, we...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008688983