Entry and Post-Entry Performance of Newborn Firms focuses on newborn firms, analyzing the determinants of entry, survival and post-entry performance. Written by a world leading expert on industrial dynamics, whose previous book The Employment Impact of Innovation was very popular, this book examines the policy implications of the differing motivations underlying the decision to start a new firm. This groundbreaking book will be of use to economists with an interest in Europe as well as students and researchers across industrial economics, management and entrepreneurial studies.
Author(s): Marc Vivarelli
Edition: 1
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 160
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
Tables......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
1 Introduction: The entrepreneurial foundations of firms’ entry, survival and growth......Page 14
2 The birth of new enterprises......Page 30
3 Determinants of new-firm startups in Italy......Page 43
4 Start-up size and industrial dynamics: Some evidence from Italian manufacturing......Page 57
5 The relationship between size and growth: The case of Italian newborn firms......Page 75
6 Does Gibrat’s Law hold among young, small firms?......Page 81
7 Is subsidizing entry an optimal policy?......Page 102
8 The link between the entry decision and post-entry performance: Evidence from Italy......Page 115
9 The role of innovation in the postentry performance of new small firms: Evidence from Italy......Page 129
10 Are all the potential entrepreneurs so good?......Page 144
Index......Page 157
