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Young, open and international: the impact of search strategies on the internationalization of new ventures
Zimmermann, Jörg; Grimpe, Christoph; Sofka, Wolfgang - 2009
, universities or specialized suppliers. Based on a sample of more than 2,500 firms in Germany we contrast young and mature firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298789
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Skill composition and regional entrepreneurship: a comparative study between Germany and Portugal
Mendonça, Joana; Grimpe, Christoph - 2009
general as well as in technology- and knowledge-intensive subsectors. We compare Germany and Portugal which exhibit, though EU … member states, different institutional infrastructures for entrepreneurship. Based on a harmonized dataset, our results … results for Germany reveal exactly the opposite effect. These results suggest that both specialization and diversity theories …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299472
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Does interdisciplinarity lead to higher employment growth of academic spinoffs?
Müller, Bettina - 2009
successful than single entrepreneurs? These questions are analysed using data on academic spinoffs in Germany. Firm success is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299836
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Entrepreneurs from low-skilled immigrant groups in knowledge-intensive industries - company characteristics, survival and innovative performance
Mueller, Elisabeth - 2011
immigrants from the 'recruitment countries' of south and southeast Europe, who arrived in Germany mainly in the 1970s to fill … labor shortages. They are the largest immigrant group in Germany and can be reliably identified via ethnic name coding …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010304654
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Matching of Individuals for Start-Ups: A Test of the O-Ring Theory
Müller, Bettina - 2008
In this paper I analyse how individuals match for for the purpose of setting up a new firm. As a theoretical basis I use the O-ring theory introduced by Kremer (1993) and applied to new firms by Fabel (2004). The O-ring theory predicts that individuals segregate between firms according to their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298694
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Ability matching and survival of start-ups
Müller, Bettina - 2009
In this paper, I analyse how the survival of new firms is affected by the average ability level in the founding team, the team size, team members' homogeneity with respect to ability, and team members' heterogeneity with respect to education. As a theoretical basis, I apply the O-ring theory...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298851
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Hochschulranglisten als Qualitätsindikatoren im Wettbewerb der Hochschulen
Rincke, Johannes; Kraus, Margit; Büttner, Thiess - 2002
Lebenshaltungskosten am Ort der Hochschule die Studienortwahl bestimmen. Bezüglich der Qualität der Bildungsleistungen finden sich zwar …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297468
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Successful Patterns of Scientific Knowledge Sourcing: Mix and Match
Sofka, Wolfgang; Aschhoff, Birgit - 2008
rests upon a survey of more than 800 firms in Germany. We find that both the diversity and intensity of collaborative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298043
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Successful Patterns of Scientific Knowledge Sourcing: Mix and Match
Aschhoff, Birgit; Sofka, Wolfgang - 2008
upon a survey of more than 800 firms in Germany. We find that both the diversity and intensity of interactions with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298675
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Decentralizing university admission: Evidence from a natural experiment
Horstschräer, Julia - 2012
analysis uses administrative data on all students within Germany and complements the prominent theoretical literature on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010310889