The paper deals with an analysis of the growth of innovative and non-innovative start-ups in Eastern and Western … Germany. Hypothesis upon the influence of potential determinants are derived from theoretical approaches explaining the growth … of firms extended by aspects especially relevant for innovative firms. The most striking result is that innovative start-ups …

the years before exit. For this reason we evaluate whether market exits differ significantly in their employment … important characteristics measured at start-up. The comparison of the employment growth rates among the thus formed groups …. A considerable number of firms exiting from 1995 until 1998 has experienced continuing employment losses or at least an …

and Western Germany. Descriptive analyses have shown that most firms experience only small positive or negative employment … growth or stagnate over time. The job generation mechanism rests with a handful of firms that increase their employment … when separatingEastern and Western Germany as well as usingdifferen t definitions of fast growingfirms. Moreover, the …

Existenz- und Unternehmensgründungen mehr als 80 Prozent der in Deutschland in diesem Bereich vergebenen Mittel bereit. Der …-term program effects on the survival chances and the average annual employment growth rates of assisted firms. In order to estimate … effects of public assistance on the survival chances and the average annual employment growth rates of young German firms. …

interview data). The empirical analysis shows that firms receiving assistance perform better in terms of employment growth over …

Unternehmensgründungen in Deutschland leistet. Aber auch andere unternehmens- und unternehmerbezogene sowie unternehmensexterne Faktoren …

The paper deals with the question which determinants can explain regional differences in the number of start-ups in … operating in knowledge intensive sectors and start-ups belonging to the remaining ones. This separation is done in order to … interpret the estimation results for start-ups in knowledge intensive sectors in a reliable way. The remaining firms serve as a …

innovative and non-innovative start-ups. Based on theoretical models explaining the growth of firms, hypotheses on potential … legal form and formal links to other firms from Western industrialised countries have an impact on the development of start-ups … Eastern German counties have an impact on growth. Comparing annual growth rates of start-ups, innovative start-ups grow on …