especially the most recent generation of IT as indicated by the number of PCs used is the source of productivity growth whereas … growth what than its quantity. In any case we expect that the bulk of the IT-related productivity growth is still to come. In …

theoretical models explaining the growth of firms, hypotheses on potential growth factors are derived. The regression results … indicate strong correlations between the growth rate on the one side and firm-specific, founderspecific as well as county …-specific factors on the other side. It becomes obvious that large and mature firms have c.p. smaller growth rates than small and young …

In the following paragraphs we will discuss the "mapping of innovative clusters in national innovation systems". For … Innovation Survey (which is comparable with CIS data). The Community Innovation Survey (CIS) is an initiative of the EU … innovation systems, highlight the outline conditions for innovations in Germany, focusing above all on the basis of innovations …

This empirical analysis deals with the determinants of growth and the explanation of variations in the growth between … innovative and non-innovative start-ups. Based on theoretical models explaining the growth of firms, hypotheses on potential … determinants are formulated. The regression results indicate strong correlations between the growth rate on the one side and …

The paper deals with an analysis of the growth of innovative and non-innovative start-ups in Eastern and Western … Germany. Hypothesis upon the influence of potential determinants are derived from theoretical approaches explaining the growth …-ups achieve on average higher employment growth rates than non-innovative ones independent of their location in Eastern or Western …

employment for different types of labour in manufacturing. The empirical model allows for endogeneity of the firm's innovation … market products is more important than any other measure of product innovation in determining the expected employment … university graduates than product innovations alone. Labour quality and turnover growth are also important factors of employment …

knowledge spillovers are unmeasurable, a 'goodness of fit' measure is constructed using innovation survey data. It turns out … measures constructed from innovation survey data appear to work reasonably well while measures of the Euclidean technological …