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Title: Does the New Economy Need New Governance? Ownership, Knowledge and Performance

Author(s): David B Audretsch and Erik Lehmann

Publication Date: November 2002

Keyword(s): corporate governance, entrepreneurship, firm survival and new economy

Programme Area(s): Industrial Organization

Abstract: We study the implications of ownership and its induced incentives on firm performance in the ?New Economy?. Instead of traditional performance we use firm survival on the stock market as the performance indicator. Using a unique data set of all 341 firms listed on the Neuer Markt, the German counterpart of the NASDAQ, our results differ from studies on more traditional firms. Ownership by CEOs has no influence on firm survival when introducing measurements of human capital and intellectual property rights. This confirms assumptions that firms in the ?New Economy? differ also in their governance structure from traditional firms.

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Audretsch, D and Lehmann, E. 2002. 'Does the New Economy Need New Governance? Ownership, Knowledge and Performance'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=3626