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| Title: | | Socioeconomic heritage and rapid firm growth  |
| Authors: | | Wyrwich, Michael |
| Issue Date: | | 2009 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Jena economic research papers 2009,092 |
| Abstract: | | The present paper sheds light on how growth of young firms is affected by expansive strategies and the socioeconomic heritage of their main actors. Socioeconomic heritage has to do with socialization, prior socioeconomic circumstances, and regional growth conditions; the term is elaborated upon and further defined in this study. The empirical analysis is carried out both for West Germany - a mature market economy - and for East Germany, which operated under a centrally planned economy until German reunification in 1990. The main finding of the paper is that the involvement of West Germans in East German start-ups has a favourable effect on these firms' chances to grow rapidly. This effect is attributed to the fact that West Germans are more likely to possess person-related and situation-related factors necessary for growing a business in a market economy. The results are more ambiguous as to the influence of expansive strategies on fast growth. |
| Subjects: | | Entrepreneurship Rapid firm growth Strategy Management West Germany East Germany |
| JEL: | | L26 M13 O1 O18 P25 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Jena Economic Research Papers, MPI für Ökonomik
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