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An international comparison of the contribution to job creation by high growth firms
Anyadike-Danes, Michael; Bjuggren, Carl Magnus; Dumont, … - 2018
This paper addresses three simple questions: how should the contribution of HGFs to job creation be measured? how much does this contribution vary across countries? to what extent does the cross-country variation depend on variation in the proportion of HGFs in the business population? The first...
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Recruiting for Small Business Growth: Micro-level Evidence
Gidehag, Anton; Lodefalk, Magnus - 2016
We examine the link between new employees in leading positions and subsequent productivity in small- and medium-sized (SME) enterprises. Managers and professionals are likely to possess important tacit knowledge. They are also in a position to influence the employing firm. Exploiting rich and...
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The Effect of Hiring Top Workers on Productivity: What is the Role of Absorptive Capacity?
Lodefalk, Magnus; Tang, Aili - 2017
We examine heterogeneous productivity effects of hiring top workers on small and medium-sized enterprises, using longitudinal employer-employee data. We find the productivity effect to be stronger for firms with higher absorptive capacity in terms of having a well-educated workforce, being in a...
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Influence of internal factors on the use of equity- and mezzanine-based financing in family firms
Achleitner, Ann-Kristin; Lutz, Eva; Schraml, Stephanie - 2009
The paper analyzes internal factors which influence the use of equity - and mezzanine-based financing instruments in German privately held family firms. Based on a sample of 195 surveys of family firms, we investigate the impact of family specific goals and corporate governance structures on the...
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Profit Testing of Profit Sharing Life Insurance Policies in the Presence of Extreme Risks
Le Courtois, Olivier; Shen, Li - 2023
This paper examines the profit testing of life insurance companies that issue participating policies, type B and type A … stochastic and modeled by normal or variance gamma distributions. We rely on the stochastic profit testing techniques introduced … the profit testing indicators. We show that the variance gamma model results in more conservative predictions - in a …
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A conversation with 590 nascent entrepreneurs
Campbell, Jeffrey R.; De Nardi, Mariacristina - 2007
This paper summarizes interviews from 1998 with 590 individuals trying to create a business centered around five questions: 'Who are you?', 'What are you trying to accomplish?', 'What have you and others put into the business?', 'What have you accomplished?', 'What remains to be done?' There is...
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Geographic location of a new venture and the likelihood of a venture capital investment
Achleitner, Ann-Kristin; Bender, Marko; Kaserer, Christoph - 2010
Based on 1182 dyads of German new ventures and venture capitalists involved in a financing round between 2002 and 2007, we examine the impact of spatial proximity on the likelihood of an investment. We find that with each triplication of journey time the relative likelihood of an investment...
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Quantitative valuation of platform technology based intangibles companies
Achleitner, Ann-Kristin; Nathusius, Eva; Schraml, Stephanie - 2007
In the course of raising external equity, e.g. from venture capitalists, a quantitative valuation is usually required for entrepreneurial ventures. This paper examines the challenges of quantitatively valuing platform technology based entrepreneurial ventures. The distinct characteristics of...
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Employment contribution of private equity and venture capital in Europe
Achleitner, Ann-Kristin; Klöckner, Oliver - 2005
Over the past ten years, private equity and venture capital have played an increasingly important role in the European economy. In parallel to the increase in investments, contribution of the private equity and venture capital industry to employment in Europe has grown. Against this background,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305718
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Patterns in spatial proximity between venture capital investors and investees in Germany: an empirical analysis
Bender, Marko; Lutz, Eva - 2009
, ventures in knowledge-intensive industries, smaller, less specialized, more experienced, semi-profit oriented, or lead …
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