During the next few years, the German football industry will changedramatically. New distribution channels and initial public offerings willlead to large inflows of capital and hence funds for investment.…
The paper deals with growth determinants of innovative and non-innovative start-ups in Eastern and Western Germany. Based on theoretical approaches explaining the growth of firms, hypotheses on potential…
This empirical analysis deals with the determinants of growth and the explanation of variations in the growth between innovative and non-innovative start-ups. Based on theoretical models explaining the growth of…
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…
In the paper we analyze the convergence process of the West German Laender from 1970 to 1995 using descriptive tools as well as panel estimation methods. Although there have been some winners in this process,…
Unternehmensgründungen können wesentlich zur Lösung der gegenwärtigen Beschäftigungsprobleme und zur Bewältigung des Strukturwandels beitragen. Dies trifft im besonderen Maße für den ostdeutschen…
Der Begriff "Innovation" nimmt in der Tagespresse einen immer breiteren Raum ein. Dabei stützt sich die Argumentation nur selten auf eine solide Datenbasis. Mit den Mannheimer Innovationspanels im Verarbeitenden…