Die Entwicklung der Anzahl aktiver Unternehmen und Beschäftigten in einem Wirtschaftsraum ist die Folge verschiedener demografischer Ereignisse. Zu diesen zählen Gründungen, Schlies­sungen, Fusionen, Übernahmen oder Restrukturierungen von Unternehmen. Diese Ereignisse beschreiben das...

Innovation in the European Union remains weak according to a number of key "input" indicators, especially R&D investment by the business sector, and there are relatively few signs of progress. From a firm-level perspective, Europe's innovation gap relative to the US results from an inappropriate...

Financial constraints for young and small firms can prevent them from supporting innovation and employment creation. We analyze two of the various institutional mechanisms which have been proposed to circumvent it: the development of venture capital market and the stock market access. We will...

This paper provides a first assessment of the degree to which public research contributes to innovative entrepreneurship, using data on start-ups and venture capital (VC). It looks at academic start-ups founded by recent undergraduates and doctorate students or researchers. It shows that...