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Unternehmensbefragung 2020 : Anteil der Digitalisierungsplaner stagniert auf hohem Niveau
Zimmermann, Volker - KfW Bankengruppe - 2020
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Kredit- und Beteiligungsfinanzierung in jungen innovativen kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen in Deutschland
Schäfer, Dorothea; Werwatz, Axel; Zimmermann, Volker - In: DIW Wochenbericht 72 (2005) 40, pp. 577-583
innovative Unternehmen spielen für die rasche Markteinführung und Verbreitung neuer Technologien und Produkte eine Schlüsselrolle …
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The Determinants of Debt and (Private-) Equity Financing in Young Innovative SMEs : Evidence from Germany
Zimmermann, Volker; Werwatz, Axel; Schäfer, Dorothea - 2004
Financial theory creates a puzzle. Some authors argue that high-risk entrepreneurs choose debt contracts instead of equity contracts since risky but high returns are of relatively more value for a loan-financed firm. On the contrary, authors who focus explicitly on start-up finance predict that...
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Venture capital versus bank financing in innovative German firms
Schäfer, Dorothea; Talavera, Oleksandr; Zimmermann, Volker - 2007
The paper investigates young firms' choice of capital source. Our theoretical model hypothesizes a positive (negative) relation between riskiness of the project (price of venture capital) and receiving informed equity. We test our predictions by employing a unique data set collected by KfW...
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The Importance of Equity Finance for R&D Activity: Are There Differences Between Young and OldCompanies?
Mueller, Elisabeth; Zimmermann, Volker - 2006
This paper analyzes the importance of equity finance for the R&D activity of small and medium-sized enterprises. We use information on almost 6000 German SMEs from a company survey. Using the intensity of banking competition at the district level as instrument to control for endogeneity, we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297522
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Mobilität nach der beruflichen Ausbildung: Eine empirische Studie für Westdeutschland
Franz, Wolfgang; Zimmermann, Volker - 1999
Jugendarbeitslosigkeit. Zum anderen mögen Wechselbeziehungen zwischen dem Ausbildungsverhalten der Unternehmen und der Fluktuation der … nunmehr Ausgebildeten bestehen. Da die betriebliche Ausbildung für das Unternehmen meistens mit Nettokosten verbunden ist …, kann sich das ausbildende Unternehmen bei einem mehr oder weniger raschen Ausscheiden des ausgebildeten Jugendlichen nicht …
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Job shopping after vocational training? An empirical analysis of the transition from apprenticeship training to work
Franz, Wolfgang; Zimmermann, Volker - 2001
This econometric study deals with the question as to what extent apprentices after successfully completing their training stay with the firm where they have received their training and, if so, how long that job tenure holds. Determinants of both decisions can be seen from both the employer`s and...
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The Importance of Equity Finance for R&D Activity: Are There Differences Between Young and OldCompanies?
Zimmermann, Volker; Mueller, Elisabeth - 2007
This paper analyzes the importance of equity finance for the R&D activity of small and medium-sized enterprises. We use information on almost 6000 German SMEs from a company survey. Using the intensity of banking competition at the district level as instrument to control for endogeneity, we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298015
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The determinants of debt and (private-) equity financing in young innovative SMEs: Evidence from Germany
Schäfer, Dorothea; Werwatz, Axel; Zimmermann, Volker - 2004
Financial theory creates a puzzle. Some authors argue that high-risk entrepreneurs choose debt contracts instead of equity contracts since risky but high returns are of relatively more value for a loan-financed firm. On the contrary, authors who focus explicitly on start-up finance predict that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298280
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The Impact of Innovation on Employment in Small and Medium Enterprises with Different Growth Rates
Zimmermann, Volker - 2008
Dieser Beitrag untersucht anhand einer Stichprobe von rund 12.000 kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen die Wirkung von …, die Wirkung von Innovationen in unterschiedlich schnell wachsenden oder auch schrumpfenden Unternehmen zu untersuchen und … Beschäftigungswachstum in Unternehmen als bei der sonst üblichen Betrachtung mittlerer Effekte zu erhalten. Zentrales Ergebnis der …
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