Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/31795 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
Papers on Economics and Evolution No. 0520
Publisher: 
Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena
Abstract: 
This paper studies 40 years of evolution in the German laser industry to test the generality of evolutionary patterns observed in the U.S. laser industry. Key characteristics found in the U.S. industry are also present in Germany. There is sustained entry into the industry, and neither a shakeout nor first-mover advantages of early entrants are observed. A survival analysis finds that, similar to the U.S. industry, laser firm spin-offs have been systematically more successful than academic startups. Differences in survival and determinants of the spin-off process are traced for alternative kinds of spin-offs, including firms started by serial entrepreneurs.
Subjects: 
Industry life cycle
submarkets
entrepreneurship
spin-offs
integrating distributors
JEL: 
L10
M13
O33
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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