- A-Z
- Jena Economic Resea...
- Volume 10
- New Business Format...
- Autor(in)
- Erschienen
- 14. November 2016
- Nummer des Discussion-Papers
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2016-019
- Schlagwort(e)
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competitive pressure
incumbent firms
manufacturing industries
New business formation
regional competition
- Zusammenfsg.
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We investigate the relationship between new business formation and the level of competitive pressure perceived by manufacturing incumbent establishments. The perceived pressure of competition is stronger the higher the level of entries in the respective industry. This relationship holds not only for start-ups located in the same region of the incumbent, but also for start-ups across all regions of Germany. The productivity level of an incumbent moderates the extent of the perceived competitive pressure from start-ups. Highly productive incumbents are less threatened by new business formation. Such a moderating effect cannot be found for incumbent size and regional population density.
- article pub. typess JER
- Research article
- article languages JER
- Englisch
- JEL-Classification for JER
- L26 - Entrepreneurship ; L60 - General ; D20 - General ; O12 - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development ; R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, and Changes