Employment growth of new firms

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This paper analyses the association between dynamic capabilities and new firm growth, controlling for measures of firm resources, characteristics of the entrepreneur, and aspects of the environment. The central research question is: How strong is the relationship between dynamic capabilities and the growth of new firms? The paper opens with a review of empirical studies on employment growth in new firms and then moves on to a discussion on the role of dynamic capabilities in the explanation of new firm growth. After a description of the data and variables the results and implications of this study are discussed.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Jena Economic Research Papers ; No. 2008,005

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Firm Behavior: Theory ; Organization of Production ; Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope ; Entrepreneurship ; New Firms; Startups ; Business Economics
• Subject: new firms ; firm growth ; innovation ; dynamic capabilities ; Unternehmensgründung ; Unternehmenswachstum ; Beschäftigungseffekt ; Innovation ; Niederlande

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Stam, Erik ; Gibcus, Petra ; Telussa, Jennifer ; Garnsey, Elizabeth
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Max Planck Institute of Economics
• (where): Jena
• (when): 2008

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/25695
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET