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Evolution on the Shoulders of Giants: Entrepreneurship and Firm Survival in the German Laser Industry

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Volume (Year): 30 (2007)
Issue (Month): 3 (May)
Pages: 179-202
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Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Industry life cycle; Integrating distributors; Spin-offs; Submarkets; L10; L26; M13;

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  1. Guido Buenstorf & Christina Guenther, 2007. "No place like home? Location choice and firm survival after forced relocation in the German machine tool industry," Jena Economic Research Papers in Economics 2007-053, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Max-Planck-Institute of Economics, Thueringer Universitaets- und Landesbibliothek. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Guido Bünstorf, 2006. "Is Academic Entrepreneurship Good or Bad for Science? Empirical Evidence from the Max Planck Society," Papers on Economics and Evolution 2006-17, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Evolutionary Economics Group. [Downloadable!]
  3. G. Bünstorf, 2007. "Opportunity Spin-offs and Necessity Spin-offs," Papers on Economics and Evolution 2007-18, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Evolutionary Economics Group. [Downloadable!]
  4. G. Buenstorf & D. Fornahl, 2006. "B2C - Bubble to Cluster: The Dot.com Boom, Spin-off Entrepreneurship, and Regional Industry Evolution," Papers on Economics and Evolution 2006-20, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Evolutionary Economics Group.
  5. Peter Thompson & Jing Chen, 2009. "Employee Spinoffs and the Solipsistic Entrepreneur," Working Papers 0910, Florida International University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  6. Guido Buenstorf & Matthias Geissler, 2008. "The Origins of Entrants and the Geography of the German Laser Industry," Papers on Economics and Evolution 2008-14, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Evolutionary Economics Group. [Downloadable!]
  7. G. Buenstorf, 2006. "Comparative Industrial Evolution and the Quest for an Evolutionary Theory of Market Dynamics," Papers on Economics and Evolution 2006-23, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Evolutionary Economics Group. [Downloadable!]
  8. Guido Buenstorf, 2007. "Creation and Pursuit of Entrepreneurial Opportunities: An Evolutionary Economics Perspective," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 28(4), pages 323-337, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  9. G. Buenstorf, 2006. "Perception and pursuit of entrepreneurial opportunities: an evolutionary economics perspective," Papers on Economics and Evolution 2006-01, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Evolutionary Economics Group. [Downloadable!]
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