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The interdependence of R&D activity and debt financing of young firms

Fryges, Helmut; Kohn, Karsten; Ullrich, Katrin - 2011

We investigate the interdependence of debt financing and R&D activities of young firms. Using micro-level data of the KfW/ZEW Start-up Panel, our estimation results show that firm characteristics are more important than personal characteristics of the founders for explaining young firms'...

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Initial public offerings and venture capital in Germany

Franzke, Stefanie A.; Grohs, Stefanie; Laux, Christian - 2003

We present a survey on the role of initial public offerings (IPOs) and venture capital (VC) in Germany after the Second World War. Between 1945 and 1983 IPOs hardly played a role at all and only a minor role thereafter. In addition, companies that chose an IPO were much older and larger than the...

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Cluster Performance reconsidered: Structure, Linkages and Paths in the German Biotechnology Industry, 1996-2003

Häussler, Carolin; Zademach, Hans-Martin - 2006

This paper addresses the evolution of biotechnology clusters in Germany between 1996 and 2003, paying particular attention to their respective composition in terms of venture capital, basic science institutions and biotechnology firms. Drawing upon the significance of co-location of money and...

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Do Company Builders Create Jobs? Examining the Rise of Incubation Finance in Germany

Scheuplein, Christoph; Kahl, Julian - 2017

Over the past decade, new types of business incubation have been developed. One particularly prominent example is company builders, which use their own resources to build up companies, establishing numerous companies in a series. In doing so, this investor type facilitates internal and external...

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Unemployment in Germany: Reasons and Remedies

Berthold, Norbert; Fehn, Rainer - 2003

This paper discusses the reasons for the dismal labor market performance of Germany over the last three decades along with potential remedies. It argues that labor market rigidities along with a generous welfare state in conjunction with certain changes in the economic environment are important...

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A Vectorautoregressive Investment Model (VIM) and Monetary Policy Transmission: Panel Evidence from German Firms

von Kalckreuth, Ulf; Chirinko, Robert S.; Breitung, Jörg - 2003

This paper proposes a new framework for studying the effects of monetary policy on business investment. Important … ambiguities with the modeling of investment dynamics and interactions between real and financial decisions suggest modeling … investment spending as a VAR. Based on a panel of financial statement data for 6,408 German firms (44,345 datapoints …

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The effect of subsidies on R&D investment and success: do subsidy history and size matter?

Aschhoff, Birgit - 2009

This study provides insights into the effects of public R&D grants on R&D input and output of firms from Germany. Previous research has shown that the allocation of R&D project grants is rather stable regarding the pool of beneficiaries. The question is whether this participation pattern can be...

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Do Works Councils Inhibit Investment?

Wagner, Joachim; Schnabel, Claus; Schank, Thorsten; … - 2005

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Latvian foreign trade and investment with Germany and Russia: past and present

Karnups, Viesturs Pauls - 2010

This paper examines Latvia's foreign trade and investment relations with Germany and Russia during the interwar period … exports consist of manufactured goods as well as food processing products. In terms of investments, pre-war investment from … investment. …

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Do Works Councils Inhibit Investment?

Addison, John T.; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; … - 2005

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