Die Gründung eines Unternehmens ist ein Prozess, der damit beginnt, dass jemand Zeit und andere Ressourcen aufwendet, um die Entstehung einer neuen wirtschaftsaktiven Einheit "auf die Schiene zu setzen". Tut er dies (allein oder mit anderen) auf eigene Rechnung - und nicht als Teil seiner...

This papers has two aims. First we intend to explain empirically how the characteristics of an individual and of the region he/she lives influence the propensity of this individual to start a business. Second, we test for the ceteris paribus effect of regional characteristics, i.e. in one...

Using a large recent representative sample of the German population this paper contributes to the entrepreneurship literature by empirically testing the hypothesis that young and small firms are hothouses for nascent entrepreneurs. The empirical estimation takes the rare events nature of...

This paper contributes to empirical research on the role of regional policy for entrepreneurship by focusing on the link between two stylized facts that emerged from a number of studies for Germany and other countries: entry rates differ between regions, and the propensity to become an...

This article tests the theory recently put forward by Edward Lazear that individuals with competence in many skills should have a higher probability of being self-employed than others. The empirical results for Germany support this jack-of-all-trades view.

Sustainability has become a major global topic for the last two decades which creates opportunities as well as threats to corporations. In spite of the fact that the economic success of many companies has been influenced substantially by sustainability issues strategic management is very often...

Der Erfolg und das Kosten-Nutzen-Verhältnis staatlicher Programme zur Förderung umweltgerechten Verhaltens von Unternehmen kann von der strategischen Analyse, Planung und Durchführung der Förderinitiativen entscheidend beeinflusst werden.[...] Dieser Beitrag stellt am Beispiel des...