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We investigate the role of industry and region-specific conditions for the survival of new businesses in innovative and in other manufacturing industries. The data comprises all German manufacturing start-ups of the 1992 to 2005 period. In contrast to studies for some other countries, we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884451
Several empirical studies showed that it is not the level of entrepreneurial activity itself, but the (long-term) survival and growth of new firms that determine the direct and indirect contribution of new businesses to regional employment. To this end, the aim of this paper is to analyze the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011332533
We investigate the role of industry and region-specific conditions for the survival of new businesses in innovative and in other manufacturing industries. The data comprises all German manufacturing start-ups of the 1992 to 2005 period. In contrast to studies for some other countries, we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010435151
Several empirical studies showed that it is not the level of entrepreneurial activity itself, but the (long-term) survival and growth of new firms that determine the direct and indirect contribution of new businesses to regional employment. To this end, the aim of this paper is to analyze the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012171147
We investigate the role of industry and region-specific conditions for the survival of new businesses in innovative and in other manufacturing industries. The data comprises all German manufacturing start-ups of the 1992 to 2005 period. In contrast to studies for some other countries, we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010360550
We introduce a new two-dimensional measure for the heterogeneity of performance within groups of economic units. This … measure accounts both, for the relative performance of the single units of groups and their relative size. We demonstrate that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009207010
We introduce a new two-dimensional measure for the heterogeneity of performance within groups of economic units. This … measure accounts both, for the relative performance of the single units of groups and their relative size. We demonstrate that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305684
We introduce a new two-dimensional measure for the heterogeneity of performance within groups of economic units. This … measure accounts both, for the relative performance of the single units of groups and their relative size. We demonstrate that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010513684
Drawing on representative household data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we examine the role of an early precursor of entrepreneurial development - parental role models - for the individual decision to become self-employed in the post-unified Germany. The findings suggest that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010551526
Drawing on representative household data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we examine the role of an early precursor of entrepreneurial development - parental role models - for the individual decision to become self-employed in the post-unified Germany. The findings suggest that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010787010