Audretsch, David B.; Bönte, Werner; Mahagaonkar, Prashanth - In: Research Policy 41 (2012) 8, pp. 1407-1421
External finance is a central issue for innovative nascent ventures. In this study, we argue that innovative nascent ventures may use patents to signal appropriability and prototypes to signal feasibility to potential investors. Using new data on 906 nascent ventures, we find that nascent...
