The vast majority of firms in Europe are micro firms. Still, we know little about their financing patterns. Our paper aims to close this gap. Based on a large European firm-level data set, we find that micro firms differ in their financing patterns from small and medium-sized companies. Our...

Drawing upon the literature on knowledge management, leadership, and innovation, this study investigates the possible associations among customer knowledge management, knowledge-oriented leadership, innovation quality, and firm performance in 283 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in...

Kriegswirtschaft und sozialistische Einflüsse waren Ende der 70er Jahre keine guten Voraussetzungen für Industrialisierung. Auch Anfang der 80er galt noch das Importsubstitutionsprinzip. Erst in den 90ern begann nach Privatisierungen und neuen Investitionsgesetzen der Bau neuer, autonomer...