In April 1995, 5.3 million people in Germany were on the lookout for a new job opportunity. 177,000 or nearly 3% of … selfemployment in lieu of wage work are investigated separately for East and West Germany. Using the 70 %-ZEW-sample of the … factors like age, sex and education, on the status in the labour market. In 1991 in East Germany the probability of aspiring …

successful than single entrepreneurs? These questions are analysed using data on academic spinoffs in Germany. Firm success is …. -- human capital ; entrepreneurship ; academic spinoffs ; employment growth …

, universities or specialized suppliers. Based on a sample of more than 2,500 firms in Germany we contrast young and mature firms … ones. -- New ventures ; internationalization ; innovation ; search strategies ; entrepreneurship …

entry strategies. The four main groups of entry strategies are independency entrepreneurship, opportunity entrepreneurship …, spin-out entrepreneurship and necessity entrepreneurship. The results indicate that firms conducting R&D continuously start … new market opportunities as well as spin-out entrepreneurship exhibit a higher initial size while start-ups established …

entrepreneurship …