The paper analyses the impact of venture capital finance on growth and innovation activities of young German firms. Among other variables, our panel of firm data includes data on venture capital funding and patent applications. With statistical matching procedures we draw an adequate control...

The paper analyses the impact of venture capital finance on growth and innovation activities of young German firms. Among other variables, our panel of firm data includes data on venture capital funding and patent applications. With a statistical matching procedure we draw an adequate control...

The paper deals with growth determinants of innovative and noninnovative start-ups in Eastern and Western Germany. Based on theoretical approaches explaining the growth of firms, hypotheses on potential determinants are derived. The empirical results indicate strong correlations between average...

Die Strukturpolitik Nordrhein-Westfalens hat sich lange darauf konzentriert, den Strukturwandel im Ruhrgebiet zu bewältigen. Eine Vielzahl neuer Hochschulen entstand, die Infrastruktur wurde ausgebaut, in den rasch wachsenden Dienstleistungssektoren wurde überall im Land eine Fülle neuer...