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dc.contributor.authorWyrwich, Michaelen
dc.date.accessioned2009-12-09-
dc.date.accessioned2010-05-20T14:34:26Z-
dc.date.available2010-05-20T14:34:26Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/32621-
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aFriedrich Schiller University Jena and Max Planck Institute of Economics |cJenaen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aJena Economic Research Papers |x2009,092en
dc.subject.jelL26en
dc.subject.jelM13en
dc.subject.jelO1en
dc.subject.jelO18en
dc.subject.jelP25en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordEntrepreneurshipen
dc.subject.keywordRapid firm growthen
dc.subject.keywordStrategyen
dc.subject.keywordManagementen
dc.subject.keywordWest Germanyen
dc.subject.keywordEast Germanyen
dc.subject.stwUnternehmensgründungen
dc.subject.stwUnternehmeren
dc.subject.stwUnternehmenswachstumen
dc.subject.stwStrategisches Managementen
dc.subject.stwSozialisationen
dc.subject.stwPersönlichkeitspsychologieen
dc.subject.stwAlte Bundesländeren
dc.subject.stwNeue Bundesländeren
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titleSocioeconomic heritage and rapid firm growth-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn614589932en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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