The present paper deals with the question whether 'Gibrat's law' is applicable to firms founded between 1989 and 1996 within the Western German manufacturing sector or not. The underlying assumption is that size of a firm has no influence on its growth. Growth is rather determined by a process...

Die vorliegende Studie untersucht, ob unternehmensspezifische und unternehmensexterne Determinanten das Beschäftigungswachstum von innovativen und nicht-innovativen Unternehmen in den alten und neuen Bundesländern unterschiedlich beeinflussen. Die Ergebnisse der multivariaten Analysen zur...

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...

The present paper deals with the question whether 'Gibrat's law' is applicable to firms founded between 1989 and 1996 within the Western German manufacturing sector or not. The underlying assumption is that size of a firm has no influence on its growth. Growth is rather determined by a process...

Diese Studie versucht Eigenschaften zu identifizieren, die das Beschäftigungswachstum junger deutscher Unternehmen in den neunziger Jahren beeinflussen. Um für die unterschiedlichen wirtschaftlichen Rahmenbedingungen zu kontrollieren, werden die empirischen Analysen getrennt für Ost- und...