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 … rather pronounced positive influence on survival rates, while the relationship between the nationwide development of the …

that we would expect the effect of market concentration on firm survival to be different according to whether an industry … concentration rates reduce the survival of new plants but only in markets marked by low entry and exit rates. Specifically, a 10 … percent increase in the 5-firm concentration ratio or the Herfindahl index in a dynamic market, raises the survival rate of …