The success of a newly founded firm depends on various initial risk factors or start-up conditions such as the market that the business is aiming for, the experience and the age of the founder, the preparation before the launch, the financial frame and the legal form of the firm. These risk...

The varying-coefficient model allows to investigate and visualize the form of the interaction of variables in the predictor. Moreover, common approaches like semiparametric modeling and generalized linear models are special cases. The focus is on local estimators, in particular local likelihood...