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Success or failure? : a multi-dimensional analysis of business-, industry- and region-specific determinants of survival

Fritsch, Michael; Noseleit, Florian; Schindele, Yvonne - 2010

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...

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Personality traits, self-employment, and professions

Fritsch, Michael; Rusakova, Alina - 2010

We investigate the effect of broad personality traits - the Big Five - on an individual's decision to become self-employed. In particular, we test an overall indicator of the entrepreneurial personality. Since we find that the level of selfemployment varies considerably across professions, we...

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Start-ups, long- and short-term survivors, and their contribution to employment growth

Fritsch, Michael; Noseleit, Florian - In: Journal of evolutionary economics : JEE 23 (2013) 4, pp. 719-733

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Is industry location persistent over time? : evidence from coagglomeration patterns between new and incumbent firms in Germany

Falck, Oliver; Fritsch, Michael; Heblich, Stephan - In: Review of regional research : a publication of the … 34 (2014) 1, pp. 1-21

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Start-ups, long- and short-term survivors and their effect on regional employment growth

Fritsch, Michael; Noseleit, Florian - 2010

We investigate the effects that regional start-up activity has on employment in new and in incumbent businesses. The analysis is performed for West German regions over the 1987-2002 period. It shows that the effects of new businesses on employment in the incumbents are significantly positive and...

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Personal- und Drittmittelausstattung sächsischer Forschungseinrichtungen im Vergleich

Fritsch, Michael - In: Ifo Dresden berichtet 4 (1997) 5, pp. 24-31

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Stepping forward : personality traits, choice of profession, and the decision to become self-employed ; conference paper

Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina - 2013

We argue that entrepreneurial choice proceeds in at least two steps, with vocational choice nearly always preceding choice of employment status, whether that be self-employment or dependent employment. Since the two decisions are interrelated, analysis of entrepreneurial choice as a single act...

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Ready to leave the ivory tower? Academic scientists' appeal to work in the private sector

Fritsch, Michael; Krabel, Stefan - 2009

In this study we investigate the factors that shape the attitudes of scientists toward starting their own business or … working in a private sector firm. The analysis is based on data collected from scientists working in the German Max Planck … Society, a research institution devoted to basic science. We find that the scientists' evaluations of the attractiveness of …

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The economic impact of new firms in post-socialist countries : bottom-up transformation in eastern Europe

Brezinski, Horst (ed.); Fritsch, Michael (contributor) - 1996

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The effect of industry, region and time on new business survival : a multi-dimensional analysis

Fritsch, Michael; Brixy, Udo; Falck, Oliver - 2004

We analyze the effect of industry, region and time on new-business survival rates by means of a multi-dimensional approach. The data relate to West German districts in the 1983-2000 period. The survival chances of start-ups tend to be relatively low in industries characterized by a high minimum...

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