The Effect of Industry, Region and Time on New Business Survival - A Multi-Dimensional Analysis

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We analyze the effect of industry, region, and time on new business survival rates by means of a multidimensional approach. The data relate to West German counties in the 1983-2000 period. Survival chances of start-ups tend to be relatively low in industries characterized by a high minimum efficient size and high numbers of entries. We find a rather pronounced positive influence of regional growth on survival rates while the relationship between nationwide development of the respective industry and survival tended to be negative. We also find a remarkable high level of spatial autocorrelation.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Papers on Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy ; No. 3104

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location: General ; Firm Behavior: Theory ; General Regional Economics (includes Regional Data) ; Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance: General
• Subject: New firm survival ; hazard ; entry ; market selection ; Unternehmensgründung ; Unternehmensentwicklung ; Branche ; Standortfaktor ; Schätzung ; Alte Bundesländer ; Deutschland

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Fritsch, Michael ; Brixy, Udo ; Falck, Oliver
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Max Planck Institute for Research into Economic Systems
• (where): Jena
• (when): 2004

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/19976
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET