FS IV 91 - 28 Does the Hazard Rate for New Plants vary between Low - and High - Tech Industries ?
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Does the Hazard Rate for New Plants vary between Lowand High-Tech Industries?* Based on a longitudinal data base the hazard rate of over 12,000 newly established plants in U.S. manufacturing industry in 1976 are estimated and then compared between low and high-tech industries. It is found that the hazard rate differs across industries, and it also varies between lowand hightech industries. The hazard rate in low-tech industries is reduced in the presence of scale economies, whereas the exposure to risk tends to be higher in high-tech industries. The influence of start-up size in reducing the hazard rate is apparently similar between low and high-tech industries, but its role is found to be more important in the high-technological industries. Market growth and R&D intensity exert no influence on the hazard rate in either the lowor high-tech industries. ZUSAMMENFASSUNG Variiert die Hazardrate fur neugegriindete Betriebe zwischen Lowund HighTech-Industrien? Fiir mehr als 12.000 Betriebe, die 1976 im verarbeitenden Gewerbe der USA neu gegriindet wurden, wird anhand von Zeitreihen die Hazardrate geschatzt und zwischen Lowund High-Tech-Industrien verglichen. Es wurde festgestellt, daB sich die Hazardrate. der einzelnen Industrien unterscheidet und auch zwischen Lowund HighTech-Industrien variiert. Die Hazardrate in den Low-Tech-Industrien verringert sich beim Vorhandensein von GroBenvorteilen, wobei High-Tech-Industrien einem hoheren Risiko ausgesetzt sind. Der EinfluB der AnfangsgroBe auf die Verminderung der Hazardrate ist anscheinend ahnlich zwischen Lowund High-Tech-Industrien, aber ihre Rolle ist in den High-Tech-Industrien viel wichtiger. Marktwachstum und F&EIntensitat iiben keinen EinfluB auf die Hazardrate in den Lowund High-TechIndustrien aus. The author wishes to thank Thomas Brandt for his computational assistance and Kirsty Hughes for helpful comments.
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