Entrepreneurship in the Region

Entrepreneurship in the Region approaches many different aspects of entrepreneurship from a regional perspective. The regional influences on entrepreneurship analyzed entail regional peculiarities and disparities in new business formation processes, the s

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INTERNATIONAL STUDIES IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP Series Editors: Zoltan J. Acs University of Baltimore Baltimore, Maryland USA David B. Audretsch Max-Planck-Institute for Research into Economic Systems Jena, Germany Other books in the series: Black G. The Geography of Small Firm Innovation Tubke, A. Success Factors of Corporate Spin-Offs Corbetta, G., Huse, M., Ravasi, D. Crossroads of Entrepreneurship Hansen, T., Solgaard, H.S. New Perspectives in Retailing and Store Patronage Behavior Davidsson, P. Researching Entrepreneurship Fornahl, D., Audretsch D., Zellner, C. The Role of Labour Mobility and Informal Networks for Knowledge Transfer Audretsch D., Grimm, H., Wessner, C. Local Heroes in the Global Village Landstrom, H. Pioneers in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research Lundstrom, A., Stevenson, L. Entrepreneurship Policy: Theory and Practice Elfring, T. Corporate Entrepreneurship van Stel, A. Empirical Analysis of Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth

ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE REGION

Edited by

Michael Fritsch Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany Juergen Schmude University ofRegensburg, Germany

Springer

Library of Congress Control Number: 2005933469 ISBN-10: 0-387-28375-5 e-ISBN 0-387-28376-5 ISBN-13: 978-0387-28375-3 Printed on acid-free paper. © 2006 Springer Science-i-Business Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the pubUsher (Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed in the United States of America. 987654321 springeronline.com

Contents List of Tables

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List of Figures

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Introduction and Overview Michael Fritsch andJuergen Schmude

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Nascent Entrepreneurs in German Regions Ingo Luckgen, Dirk Oberschachtsiek, Rolf Sternberg and Joachim Wagner

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The spatial embeddedness of networks for women entrepreneurs Friederike Welter and Lutz Trettin

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What Characterizes Successful Start-Up Cohorts? Antje Weyh

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Direct Employment Effects of New Firms - Further Empirical Insights Concerning the Regional and Technological Dimension Dirk Engel and Georg Metzger

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How Fast do Newly Founded Firms Mature? Empirical Analyses on Job Quality in Start-Ups Udo Brixy, Susanne Kohaut and Claus Schnabel

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Patenting Behavior and Employment Growth in German Start-Up Firms - A Panel Data Analysis Michaela Niefert

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Entrepreneurship in Cluster - The Surgical Instrument Cluster of Tuttlingen, Germany Ralf Binder and Bjorn Sautter