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Entrepreneurial aging and employment growth in the context of extreme growth events
Schimke, Antje - 2012
This paper investigates empirical evidence on the linkage between entrepreneurial aging of the workforce and firm …. Basically, the study is conducted to capture the overall impact of the average age structure and aging effect on employment … growth seems to decline as the workforce is getting older. Put differently, extreme growth events seem to be less likely when …
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Aging workforce and firm growth in the context of "extreme" employment growth events
Schimke, Antje - 2014
potential effect that age composition of a firm's workforce may have on a firm's employment growth. The study applies a linked … that, on average, employment growth slows down as the average age of the workforce increases. … macroeconomic level but also affect microeconomic issues such as a firm's growth and workforce. This exploratory study realises a …
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What makes an employer?
Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander - 2019
As the policy debate on entrepreneurship increasingly centers on firm growth in terms of job creation, it is important to better understand which variables influence the first hiring decision and which ones influence the subsequent survival as an employer. Using the German Socioeconomic Panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012122657
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What makes an employer?
Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander - 2019
As the policy debate on entrepreneurship increasingly centers on firm growth in terms of job creation, it is important to better understand which variables influence the first hiring decision and which ones influence the subsequent survival as an employer. Using the German Socioeconomic Panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012123532
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What makes an employer?
Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander - 2019
As the policy debate on entrepreneurship increasingly centers on firm growth in terms of job creation, it is important to better understand which variables influence the first hiring decision and which ones influence the subsequent survival as an employer. Using the German Socioeconomic Panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012133403
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What drives the dynamics of employment growth in firms? : evidence from East Africa
Atwine, Blessing; Okumu, Ibrahim Mike; Nnyanzi, John Bosco - In: Journal of innovation and entrepreneurship : JIE 12 (2023), pp. 1-25
negatively associated with the age of the firm), (2) a weak business environment characterized by electricity outages, informal …
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Ageing workforce and firm growth in the context of “extreme” employment growth events
Schimke, Antje - In: Structural change and economic dynamics : SC+ED 30 (2014), pp. 86-100
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Catching up or lagging behind? : the long-term business and innovation potential of subsidized start-ups out of unemployment
Caliendo, Marco; Künn, Steffen; Weißenberger, Martin - 2019
From an active labor market policy perspective, start-up subsidies for unemployed individuals are very effective in improving long-term labor market outcomes for participants. From a business perspective, however, the assessment of these public programs is less clear since they might attract...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012126136
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Storms and Startups : Local Natural Hazards as External Enablers of New Venture Growth
Mahieu, Jeroen - 2021
use U.S. county-level employment data for firms in narrowly defined age categories combined with a novel measure for local …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013211504
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The impact of management practices on SME performance
Forth, John; Bryson, Alex - 2018
We examine the impact of management practices on firm performance among SMEs in Britain over the period 2011-2014, using a unique dataset which links survey data on management practices with firm performance data from the UK's official business register. We find that SMEs are less likely to use...
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