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Davis, Jesse - 2020

Early-stage firms utilize venture debt in one-third of financing rounds despite their general lack of cash flow and collateral. In our model, we show how venture debt aligns incentives within a firm. We derive a novel theoretical channel in which runway extension through debt increases firm...

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COVID-19 as external enabler of entrepreneurship practice and research

Davidsson, Per; Recker, Jan; Briel, Frederik von - In: Business research quarterly : BRQ 24 (2021) 3, pp. 214-223

For decades, entrepreneurship and strategy research has been dominated by agent-centric and inward-looking theoretical … new ventures. We analyze the many possible positive effects on entrepreneurship practice and highlight also positive … effects on entrepreneurship research. We illustrate both positives by applying the External Enabler framework. …

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The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Latinamerican Scoreborard: The impact of University-Industry Cooperation in Ecuador

Massón-Guerra, José Luis - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

of the innovation and entrepreneurship in Latin-American Countries. …

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Do entrants increase incumbents' innovation activity? Escaping the lock-in, stimulating technological change and the transition towards environmentally friendly vehicles

Diekhof, Josefine - In: Journal of Innovation Economics n°16 (2015) 1, pp. 101-137

In the context of technological transitions, the influence of innovative entrants on incumbents is a major driving force. Using worldwide patent data, the present study analyzes this influence for the case of the transition from combustion engine vehicles towards electrically powered alternative...

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Growing out of the Crisis: Hidden Assets to Greece's Transition to an Innovation Economy

Herrmann, Benedikt; Kritikos, Alexander S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Greece's currently planned institutional reforms will help to get the country going with limited economic growth. With an economy based primarily on tourism, trade, and agriculture, Greece lacks an established competitive industry and an innovation-friendly environment, resulting in a low export...

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Knowledge spillovers and future jobs

Audretsch, David B. - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)

Globalization brings both good and bad job news. The bad news is that jobs will be outsourced from high-cost developed countries into lower-cost locations as soon as the associated economic activity becomes mechanized and predictable. The good news is that globalization creates opportunities...

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The emergence of the global fintech market: Economic and technological determinants

Haddad, Christian; Hornuf, Lars - 2016

We investigate the economic and technological determinants inducing entrepreneurs to establish ventures with the purpose of reinventing financial technology (fintech). We find that countries witness more fintech startup formations when the latest technology is readily available, capital markets...

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The emergence of the global fintech market: Economic and technological determinants

Haddad, Christian; Hornuf, Lars - 2016

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Demography and innovative entrepreneurship

Bönte, Werner; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - 2007

Demographic change will be one of the major challenges for economic policy in the developed world in the next decades. In this article, we analyze the relationship between age structure and the number of startups. We argue that an individual's decision to start a business is determined by his or...

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Demography and innovative entrepreneurship

Bönte, Werner; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - 2007

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