We analyze the performance of firms in the German business-related services sector. A quarterly business survey provides the panel data base of our study. Firm performance is measured by the survey respondents' ordinal indication of their changes in total sales. We use a firstorder Markov chain...

Auf der Basis einer umfassenden Analyse internationaler empirischer Studien der vergangenen 25 Jahre sowie einer empirischen Untersuchung von 468 jungen KMU setzt sich Sascha Kraus erstmals für den deutschsprachigen Raum mit dem Zusammenhang zwischen strategischer Planung und Erfolg in jungen...

The objective of this study is to determine whether specific industries across countries or within countries are more likely to reach a stage of profitability and make a successful exit. In particular, we assess whether firms in certain industries are more prone to exit via IPO, be acquired, or...