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The apple doesn't fall far from the tree : location of start-ups relative to incumbents
Falck, Oliver; Fritsch, Michael; Heblich, Stephan - 2008
vary in their pattern of new firm location. In East Germany, only 5 percent of the industries reveal start-up localization … patterns beyond what natural advantages would suggest compared to 40 percent in West Germany. -- Entrepreneurship ; location …New firm location decisions, relative to incumbents may be based on a choice between two types of advantages: natural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003803496
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The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree : Location of Start-Ups Relative to Incumbents
Falck, Oliver; Fritsch, Michael; Heblich, Stephan - 2021
New firm location decisions, relative to incumbents may be based on a choice between two types of advantages: natural … analyze the relative importance of geographically bounded location factors based on data from 103 manufacturing industries … vary in their pattern of new firm location. In East ermany, only 5 percent of the industries reveal start-up localization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316432
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The apple doesn't fall far from the tree: location of start-ups relative to incumbents
Falck, Oliver; Fritsch, Michael; Heblich, Stephan - 2008
vary in their pattern of new firm location. In East Germany, only 5 percent of the industries reveal start-up localization …New firm location decisions, relative to incumbents may be based on a choice between two types of advantages: natural … analyze the relative importance of geographically bounded location factors based on data from 103 manufacturing industries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264509
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The apple doesn't fall far from the tree: location of start-ups relative to incumbents
Falck, Oliver; Fritsch, Michael; Heblich, Stephan - 2009
vary in their pattern of new firm location. In East Germany, only 5 percent of the industries reveal start-up localization …New firm location decisions, relative to incumbents may be based on a choice between two types of advantages: natural … analyze the relative importance of geographically bounded location factors based on data from 103 manufacturing industries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266689
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How long does it take to become an entrepreneurial society : the case of german convergence in self-employment
Schindele, Yvonne - 2010
Since the beginning of the transformation of East Germany from a socialist planned economy to a market economy, there …, and political problems of East Germany, thereby narrowing the gap between East and West Germany. This paper uses panel … West Germany observed during the first years after reunification has not been maintained. In short, some East German …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003944216
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Socioeconomic heritage and rapid firm growth
Wyrwich, Michael - 2009
out both for West Germany - a mature market economy - and for East Germany, which operated under a centrally planned …. -- Entrepreneurship ; Rapid firm growth ; Strategy ; Management ; West Germany ; East Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003906043
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Investigating the anatomy of the employment effects of new business formation
Fritsch, Michael; Noseleit, Florian - 2009
Recent empirical research has found that the effect of new business formation on employment emerges over a period of about ten years and has identified a ‘wave’ pattern of these effects. In this study, we decompose the overall contribution of new business formation on employment change into...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003803116
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Does quality make a difference? : employment effects of high- and low-quality start-ups
Fritsch, Michael; Schroeter, Alexandra - 2010
This paper investigates the impact of new firms' quality on the magnitude of their employment effects. Our results clearly show that the quality of start-ups, measured by their affiliation with sectors and innovative industries, strongly influences the direct and the overall employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009517494
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Start-ups, long- and short-term survivors and their effect on regional employment growth
Fritsch, Michael; Noseleit, Florian - 2009
We investigate the effects that regional start-up activity has on employment in new and in incumbent businesses. The analysis is performed for West German regions over the 1987-2002 period. It shows that the effects of new businesses on employment in the incumbents are significantly positive and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003886846
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Are more start-ups really better? : quantity and quality of new businesses and their effect on regional development
Fritsch, Michael; Schroeter, Alexandra - 2009
Empirical analyses suggest that the employment creating effect of start-ups is highest in regions with a low level of new business formation and that an increase in the regional start-up rate beyond a certain level may lead to negative employment effect. In explaining these results, we assume...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003887125