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The influence of labour market institutions on busi-ness survival in European countries: what affects the survival of new businesses?

Fischer, Philipp LU (2016) EKHM51 20161
Department of Economic History
Abstract
Abstract: New ventures’ survival chances are becoming increasingly lower threatening economic growth and the innovation capability of each country. Research on business survival has focussed on many internal and structural drivers, however, there is a large gap regarding external influences, especially the influence of labour market institutions. This thesis fills the gap by extract-ing and analysing certain labour market regulations set up by national govern-ments with the help of the varieties of capitalism approach. Subsequently, Eu-ropean countries are clustered according to this approach in order to have a macroeconomic comparison of business survival patterns depending on gov-ernmental influence in the labour market. Moreover, the... (More)
Abstract: New ventures’ survival chances are becoming increasingly lower threatening economic growth and the innovation capability of each country. Research on business survival has focussed on many internal and structural drivers, however, there is a large gap regarding external influences, especially the influence of labour market institutions. This thesis fills the gap by extract-ing and analysing certain labour market regulations set up by national govern-ments with the help of the varieties of capitalism approach. Subsequently, Eu-ropean countries are clustered according to this approach in order to have a macroeconomic comparison of business survival patterns depending on gov-ernmental influence in the labour market. Moreover, the thesis uses very recent survival data from Eurostat as well as labour market data from other official sources in a multivariate regression to investigate correlations between labour market institutions and survival rates. The results give insights on the influence certain regularities, created by policy makers, have on business longevity. Fur-thermore, the thesis suggests several starting points for further research in this fairly untouched area. (Less)
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author
Fischer, Philipp LU
supervisor
organization
course
EKHM51 20161
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Business Survival, Varieties of Capitalism, Labour Market Institu-tions, Multivariate Regression
language
English
id
8883599
date added to LUP
2016-06-22 13:37:39
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2016-06-22 13:37:39
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  abstract     = {{Abstract: New ventures’ survival chances are becoming increasingly lower threatening economic growth and the innovation capability of each country. Research on business survival has focussed on many internal and structural drivers, however, there is a large gap regarding external influences, especially the influence of labour market institutions. This thesis fills the gap by extract-ing and analysing certain labour market regulations set up by national govern-ments with the help of the varieties of capitalism approach. Subsequently, Eu-ropean countries are clustered according to this approach in order to have a macroeconomic comparison of business survival patterns depending on gov-ernmental influence in the labour market. Moreover, the thesis uses very recent survival data from Eurostat as well as labour market data from other official sources in a multivariate regression to investigate correlations between labour market institutions and survival rates. The results give insights on the influence certain regularities, created by policy makers, have on business longevity. Fur-thermore, the thesis suggests several starting points for further research in this fairly untouched area.}},
  author       = {{Fischer, Philipp}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The influence of labour market institutions on busi-ness survival in European countries: what affects the survival of new businesses?}},
  year         = {{2016}},
}