startup employment growth. We argue that “scientific absorptive capacity” at the startup is critical for reaping the benefits … employment contribution from startup firms and attribute those employment gains to university research alliances and other … university connections. We find significant contributions to employment growth from university research alliances and other …

entrepreneurship ; start-ups ; radical innovation … das Mutterunternehmen. Unsere Datenbasis umfasst etwa 2.500 junge Unternehmen des verarbeitenden Gewerbes in Deutschland …

typically treat these “university” spinoffs like industry startups. However, when university spinoffs involve an employment … performance premium of 3.4 percentage points higher employment growth over industry startups. The analysis also shows that the … larger stream of social benefits than industry startups, a performance premium. This paper outlines the arguments why the …

, grow more than other firms, both in terms of employment and in terms of sales. Using a database of Flemish firms over the …

of firms in Western Germany and Eastern Germany as a transitional economy. Innovative activity has a positive impact on … firm value proxied by ratings in Western Germany, but a negative impact in Eastern Germany. We also consider future … financial distress, and find that R&D in Eastern German firms leads to higher default risk, in contrast to Western Germany …