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What is the Effect of the Current Financial Crisis on Venture Capital Financing? Empirical Evidence from US Internet Start-ups

Block, Joern; Sandner, Philipp - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

Employing a large dataset regarding venture capital investments in US Internet firms, we analyze the effect of the current financial crisis on the venture capital market. Using regression analysis, we find that the financial crisis led to a 20% decrease in the average amount of funds raised per...

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The Relationship Conflict between Venture Capital and Entrepreneur

Alqatawni, Tahsen - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

The dilemmas that may encounter entrepreneurship result of an expected conflict between VCs and entrepreneur …

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Why Did Self-Employment Increase So Strongly in Germany?

Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander S.; Sorgner, Alina - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2015

Germany experienced a unique rise in the level of self-employment in the first two decades following unification. Applying the non-linear Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique, we find that the main factors driving these changes in the overall level of self-employment are demographic...

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Rationality of Self-Employment: Do Female and Male Entrepreneurs Differ?

Bögenhold, Dieter; Fachinger, Uwe - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

It is not clear, whether changes in self-employment are primarily driven by the necessity to take part in the labour market, or if those activities reflect new modes of labour market integration revealing new opportunities and markets, which are especially due in wide parts to the service and...

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Who Starts a Business and Who Is Self-Employed in Germany

Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander S.; Rusakova, Alina - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012

entrepreneurship in Germany between 1991 and 2010, the first two decades after reunification. We investigate the socioeconomic …

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Do Entrepreneurs Really Earn Less?

Sorgner, Alina; Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2014

employee, while the median solo entrepreneur earns less. However, solo entrepreneurship pays for those with a university …

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Entrepreneurship Capital and Economic Performance

Audretsch, David B.; Keilbach, Max - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2004

capital. In this paper we introduce a new factor, entrepreneurship capital, and link it to output in the context of a … production function model. This paper explains what is meant by entrepreneurship capital and why it should influence economic … output. A production function model including several different measures of entrepreneurship capital is then estimated for …

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Financing High-Tech Growth: The Role of Debt or Equity

Audretsch, David B.; Lehmann, Erik E. - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2004

Using a data set of the firms listed on the Neuer Markt in Germany, this paper demonstrates that venture backed firms differ from firms with other financial resources, especially debt. Thus, the results of this study provide evidence for the hypothesis that small and innovative firms are more...

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Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Spatial Disparities: Divisions and Changes of Self-employment and Firms

Bögenhold, Dieter; Fachinger, Uwe - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

entrepreneurship and asks for its overlapping with categories of self-employment and of innovation. Although these terms cover only … partially the same meanings, political discourse often equals the slogan to foster entrepreneurship and innovation with an … firms without further employees. An equation of entrepreneurship with innovation activities and in-creasing self …

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The impact of insolvency laws on venture capital

Bhatia, Jai - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

The venture capital (VC) industry supports innovation in an economy, and has seen much success over the last few years. However, with the inherent risk in any start-up business, the venture capitalist is bound to see some failures. This paper explores the effects of corporate and personal...

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