As a result of the surging rate of technological innovation in the last decades, firms in high-technology industries increasingly rely on alliances to tap into external knowledge sources and to develop new products and services. While alliances are of vital importance to many firms to develop...

This paper seeks to empirically identify factors that influence the probability of beinga fast growingfirm in Eastern and Western Germany. Descriptive analyses have shown that most firms experience only small positive or negative employment growth or stagnate over time. The job generation...

Nach den Schwierigkeiten bei der Gründung und Finanzierung eines jungen Wachstumsunternehmens steht dem Management-Team die große Herausforderung eigentlich noch bevor: das erfolgreiche Wachstumsmanagement. Entscheidend für das erfolgreiche Management des Wachstums ist das frühzeitige...

This paper seeks to empirically identify factors that influence the probability of being a fast growing firm in Eastern and Western Germany. Descriptive analyses have shown that most firms experience only small positive or negative employment growth or stagnate over time. The job generation...