Leasing ist für junge Unternehmen ein wichtiger Baustein zum Aufbau ihres Sachkapitalstocks und wird besonders in den Nachgründungsjahren intensiv genutzt. Vor allem im verarbeitenden Gewerbe werden Anschaffungen für die Anfangsausstattung im Gründungsjahr hingegen noch überwiegend als...

This paper seeks to investigate the link between the objective regional opportunity structure (captured by regional data) and individuals’ engagement in different stages in the venture creation process (intention to start a business and engagement in nascent entrepreneurship). We further...

This paper seeks to better understand the link between regional characteristics and individual entrepreneurship. We combine individual-level GEM data for Western Germany with regional-level data, using multi-level analysis to test our hypotheses. We find no direct link between regional knowledge...

"Since 1993 the IAB has maintained a representative information system of the demand side of the labour market in the form of its establishment panel for western Germany. With the inclusion of the new federal states in 1996, the formation of the IAB panel was completed in the whole of Germany....

We analyze the effect of industry, region, and time on new businesssurvival rates by means of a multi-dimensional approach. The data relateto West German districts in the 1983-2000 period. The survival chancesof start-ups tend to be relatively low in industries characterized by ahigh minimum...

We extend Lazear's theory of skills variety and entrepreneurship in three directions. First, we provide a theoretical framework linking new business creation with an entrepreneur's skill variety. Second, in this model we allow for both generalists and specialists to possess skill variety. Third,...

This article seeks to better understand the link between regional characteristics and individual entrepreneurship. We combine individual-level Global Entrepreneurship Monitor data for Western Germany with regional-level data, using multilevel analysis to test our hypotheses. We find no direct...

B<sc>rixy</sc> U. The significance of entry and exit for regional productivity growth, <italic>Regional Studies.</italic> This study addresses the debate about whether start-ups increase regional productivity growth through such effects as the fostering of competition. A new longitudinal dataset at the establishment...