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Why Do Entrepreneurs Switch Lead Venture Capitalists?

Cumming, Douglas J. - 2011

We examine the dynamics of the positive sorting in the venture capital industry. Our findings indicate that switching lead VCs is not uncommon during the course of entrepreneurial firms' development. Companies with upwardly revised perceived quality are more likely to switch to more reputable...

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Why Do Entrepreneurs Switch Venture Capitalists?

Cumming, Douglas J. - 2010

We examine the dynamics of the positive sorting in the venture capital industry. We empirically show that there is considerable re-balancing of the VC-company matches. We further find that higher-quality companies associated with less reputable VCs are more likely to switch to more reputable...

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The Entrepreneurship Paradox : More Entrepreneurs Are Not Always Good for the Economy – The Role of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem on Economic Performance in Africa

Lafuente, Esteban - 2019

empirical-driven arguments. This study analyzes the entrepreneurship paradox — i.e., entrepreneurship is good for the economy … between entrepreneurship and economic performance) and the policy tension (i.e., the unclear role of entrepreneurship policy … on entrepreneurship outcomes).Design/methodology/approach: Building on a sample of 81 countries from Africa, America …

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Government as a Source of Capital for Entrepreneurs : Evidence from Entrepreneurial Exits

Cumming, Douglas J. - 2018

We examine the impact of government ownership on venture-backed private firm exits spanning 50 countries over the years 1990-2010. The data examined indicate that, relative to deals in which the investor base is purely nongovernment, private firms that have government ownership have higher...

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EIDES 2019 : the European Index of Digital Entrepreneurship Systems

Autio, Erkko; Szerb, László; Komlósi, Éva; … - Europäische Kommission / Gemeinsame Forschungsstelle - 2019

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The Relevance of Quantity and Quality Entrepreneurship for Regional Performance : The Moderating Role of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

Szerb, László - 2017

This study analyses how the entrepreneurial ecosystem and different types of entrepreneurship — i.e., quantity … (Kirznerian) and quality (Schumpeterian) entrepreneurship — impact regional performance, in terms of gross value added per worker …-based entrepreneurship on regional performance: quantity (Kirznerian) entrepreneurship negatively impacts regional performance, while this …

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Entrepreneurial Profile of the UK in the Light of the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index

Autio, Erkko; Cleevely, Matthew; Hart, Mark; Levie, Jonathan - 2012

context. We use a new method – the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index GEDI – to identify the entrepreneurial … Entrepreneurship …

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The dynamics of entrepreneurial careers in high-tech ventures : experience, education, and exit

Cumming, Douglas J.; Walz, Uwe; Werth, Jochen - 2015

online database indicate that founders stick with entrepreneurship as a serial entrepreneur or as an angel investor only in …

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Entrepreneurial spawning : experience, education, and exit

Cumming, Douglas J.; Walz, Uwe; Werth, Jochen - 2016

that founders are more likely to stick with entrepreneurship as a serial entrepreneur or as an angel investor in cases …

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The continued search for the solow residual : the role of national entrepreneurial ecosystem

Acs, Zoltán J.; Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz; … - 2014

This paper introduces a new concept in addition to the traditional measures of stocks of capital, labor, human capital and knowledge, to understand the Solow Residual: National Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (NEE). The NEE construct is based on a methodology that combines institutions and human...

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