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Causes and consequences of merger waves
Kleinert, Jörn; Klodt, Henning - 2002
This paper presents some ideas about determinants of merger waves and some evidence on their effect on profitability and employment. A brief survey of previous merger waves and an analysis of the recent one give support to the hypothesis that sectoral shocks are at the root of merger waves....
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The shadow of death: an empirical analysis of the pre-exit performance of young German firms
Almus, Matthias - 2000
This paper makes an empirical contribution to confirm the stylized fact that the performance of firms deteoriates in the years before exit. For this reason we evaluate whether market exits differ significantly in their employment development in the years before market drop-out compared to...
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Does interdisciplinarity lead to higher employment growth of academic spinoffs?
Müller, Bettina - 2009
Does heterogeneity in the educational backgrounds of the founders matter for firm success? Are team foundations more successful than single entrepreneurs? These questions are analysed using data on academic spinoffs in Germany. Firm success is measured by employment growth. I find that team...
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No experience, no employment: The effect of vocational education and training work experience on labour market outcomes after higher education
Oswald-Egg, Maria Esther; Renold, Ursula - 2019
Higher education graduates with work experience enter the labour market more smoothly. This paper analyses how work experience from vocational education and training (VET) affects labour market outcomes after higher education. To account for selection into VET we use the regional enrolment rate...
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Ausländische Unternehmensübernahmen: keine negativen Folgen für Beschäftigung und Produktivität
Mattes, Anselm - In: DIW Wochenbericht 77 (2010) 42, pp. 2-7
Wenn ausländische Unternehmen im Rahmen von Unternehmensübernahmen und -fusionen die Kontrolle über deutsche Betriebe übernehmen, befürchten Regierungsvertreter und Gewerkschaften oftmals Produktionsverlagerungen ins Ausland sowie den Verlust von Einfluss und Arbeitsplätzen. Die aktuell...
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Ausländische Unternehmen und Übernahmeeffekte: Neue Fakten für Deutschland
Weche Gelübcke, John P. - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 93 (2013) 4, pp. 247-251
Die Übernahme deutscher Firmen durch ausländische Investoren und die allgemeine Präsenz derselben wird zwiespältig beurteilt: Auf der einen Seite werden Investitionen gefördert, um von Produktivitäts-Spillovern zu profitieren, andererseits wird befürchtet, dass es unter anderem zu einem...
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Foreign acquisition, plant survival, and employment growth
Bandick, Roger; Görg, Holger - 2009
non-MNEs, and purely domestic firms before foreign takeover. The results, controlling for possible endogeneity of the … horizontal or vertical. We also find robust positive employment growth effects only for exporters, and only if the takeover is …
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Foreign acquisition, plant survival, and employment growth
Bandick, Roger; Görg, Holger - 2009
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Should employment authorities worry about mergers and acquisitions?
Margolis, David N. - 2006
. Second, it examines which individuals from which firms remain with the newly created entity after the takeover. Using a … active in the post-takeover period, with employees of the acquired firm being less likely to remain with the new entity in … the short term after takeover than those of the acquiring firm and with the differences between the two types of firms …
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