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Resource typeDissertation
Title(s)Essays on the growth and investment of small German firms
Alternative title(s)Aufsätze über Wachstum und Investitionen kleiner deutscher Firmen
DOI10.48548/pubdata-492
Handle20.500.14123/527
CreatorHabermann, Harald  1143993179
RefereeSchulte, Reinhard  133777448
Karaman Örsal, Deniz  0000-0002-2404-4257  13797972X
Wagner, Joachim  0000-0001-6058-4536  129798215
AdvisorSchulte, Reinhard  133777448
AbstractIn 2013, the European Commission adopted the so called "Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan" to ease the creation of new ventures and to support the takeover of existing firms. The goal is to create a supportive environment for entrepreneurs to thrive and grow (European Commission 2013). This shows that the European Union puts its efforts to support small firms as they are seen as means for Europe's sustainable economic growth. However, the successful processes of growth and investment are complex and depend on different determinants. The present thesis focuses on the firm level and analyzes in three independent articles: how small firms invest over time, how new ventures grow and which variables influence growth, how small firms grow after business takeover and which variables influence growth. The framework that connects these articles forms the content-related focus on the early stage of development of small firms and the methodological and analytical approaches that comply with up-to-date and adequate statistical analysis techniques. Supported by an extensive dataset, which is the foundation of all three articles, it is possible to investigate empirically different open research questions using bivariate and multivariate analysis techniques. Thus, this thesis also serves the research needs for more multivariate analyses for small firms, for which so far mainly cross-sectional studies have been conducted.
LanguageEnglish
KeywordsKleinunternehmen; Investition; Wirtschaftliches Wachstum; Entrepreneurship; Unternehmensgründung
DDC330 :: Wirtschaft
Date of defense2017-08-23
Year of publication in PubData2017
Publishing typeFirst publication
Date issued2017-09-29
Creation contextResearch
Faculty / departmentFakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften / Institut für Bank-, Finanz und Gründungsmanagement (IBFG)
Alternative Idenfier(s)urn:nbn:de:gbv:luen4-opus-144545
Date of Availability2024-05-30T13:35:02Z
Archiving Facility Medien- und Informationszentrum (Leuphana Universität Lüneburg  02w2y2t16)
Granting InstitutionLeuphana Universität Lüneburg
Published byMedien- und Informationszentrum, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
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