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The impact of state aid on the survival and financial viability of aided firms
Heim, Sven; Hüschelrath, Kai; Schmidt-Dengler, Philipp; … - 2016
survival and financial viability of aided firms. Using a comprehensive dataset we find that restructuring aid increases a firm …'s average survival time by 8 to 15 years and decreases the hazard rate by 58 to 68 percent, depending on the definition of firm … survival. Further analysis finds strong support that, in the longer run, aid receiving firms have a significantly higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011460751
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University Spin-Off's Transfer Speed: Analyzing the Time from Leaving University to Venture
Müller, Kathrin - 2008
For academic spin-offs I analyze the length of time between the founder's leaving of academia and the establishment of his firm. Technology transfer can take place even years after leaving the mother institution. A duration analysis reveals that a longer time-lag is caused by the necessity of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298044
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University Spin-Off's Transfer Speed: Analyzing the Time from Leaving University to Venture
Müller, Kathrin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
For academic spin-offs I analyze the length of time between the founder's leaving of academia and the establishment of his firm. Technology transfer can take place even years after leaving the mother institution. A duration analysis reveals that a longer time-lag is caused by the necessity of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098330
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Zur Rolle von Beteiligungskapitalgebern in ihren Portfoliounternehmen: Eine ökonometrische Analyse
Engel, Dirk - 2002
) determine positively the growth and survival of young venture-backed firms. The definition of venture-backed firms is based on a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297897
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Big data and start-up performance
Rodepeter, Elisa; Gschnaidtner, Christoph; Hottenrott, Hanna - 2023
, profits, survival rate, growth, and their probability of receiving Venture Capital (VC) financing while taking into account … by a prospect of higher long-term performance conditional on survival. BDA-adopting start-ups perform better than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014476290
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Zur Rolle von Beteiligungskapitalgebern in ihren Portfoliounternehmen: Eine ökonometrische Analyse
Engel, Dirk - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2002
) determine positively the growth and survival of young venture-backed firms. The definition of venture-backed firms is based on a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097713
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Do Fixed-Term Contracts Increase the Long-Term Employment Opportunities of the Unemployed?
Hagen, Tobias - 2003
The paper investigates whether (unsubsidised) fixed-term contracts (FTCs) are a means of integration for the unemployed in the West German labour market. This is done by analysing whether entering into an FTC improves the employment opportunities of an unemployed person in terms of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297300
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Bankruptcy and Voluntary Liquidation: Evidence for New Firms in East and West Germany after Unification
Prantl, Susanne - 2003
Exploiting the unique economic situation after German unification, I investigate how exit decisions deviate between new firms in a transition and a comparatively stable market environment. Two competing exit mechanisms are considered: entrepreneurial self-selection via voluntary liquidation and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297338
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Reduction in the Long-Term Unemployment of the Elderly: A Success Story from Finland
Kyyrä, Tomi; Wilke, Ralf A. - 2004
In Finland the elderly unemployed are allowed to collect unemployment benefits up to the age of 60, when they can retire via a particular unemployment pension. In 1997 the eligibility age of persons benefiting from this scheme was raised from 53 to 55. We consider changes in the risk of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297387
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Bayesian estimation of Cox model with non-nested random effects: an application to the ratification of ILO conventions by developing countries
Horney, Guillaume; Boockmann, Bernhard; Djurdjevic, Dragana - 2005
We use a multivariate hazard model for the analysis of data on the timing of ratifications of different conventions. The model accounts for two random effects, one at the country level and the other at the convention level. We use a semi-parametric Bayesian approach, based on the partial...
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