breakdown of the socialist regime and subsequent unification with West Germany. The main aim of this exercise is to derive … Germany, newly emerging firms created the major share of employment opportunities, while incumbent socialist firms shed vast …

positive or negative. On the basis of data at the district level in Germany the conclusions of a previous study about the … einer früheren, für die Niederlande durchgeführten Studie auch auf Deutschland zutreffen. Wie in den Niederlanden erweist … sich auch in Deutschland die medium-tech Industrie als wesentliche Triebkraft der regionalen Wissensbasis während die …

entrepreneurship in Germany between 1991 and 2010, the first two decades after reunification. We investigate the socioeconomic … increase in self-employment in Germany by 40 percent which can partly be attributed to the transformation process of East … Germany and to the shift to the service sector. We notice a yearly start-up rate of 1 percent among the working population …

entrepreneurship in Germany between 1991 and 2011, the first two decades after reunification. We investigate the socio … increase in self-employment in Germany by 40 percent which can partly be attributed to the transformation process of East … Germany and to the shift to the service sector. We notice a yearly start-up rate of 1 percent among the working population …