-based firms (NTBFs) and established businesses is realized. Using a micro-level dataset for Sweden in which we follow new entrants …

According to the Innovation Union Scoreboard, published by the European Commission every year, Sweden has been, and … Scoreboard 2014 (European Union, 2014: 5), Sweden has the top position (ranked number 1) of all EU28 Member States in what is … called “EU Member States’ Innovation Performance”. In the ranking there are 10 countries between Sweden and the EU average …

and Sweden. …

bank based financial system) shows that Sweden (also leaning towards a bank based financial system) has the insensitivity … their research than the US’. The sensitivity to cash flow, however, is possibly more pronounced in Sweden than in Japan and …

We analyze the rate of formation, the characteristics, and the performance of different types of new firms in Sweden … over a decade. Comparisons to Denmark, Brazil, and the U.S. suggest that the environment for new firm formation in Sweden …

, we apply it on the county level in Sweden. The results are explained and contrasted with insights on the regional …

organisations in two counties, Rogaland County (Norway) and Skåne County (Sweden), and two policy initiatives (NCE Culinology and …