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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836075
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Necessity and Opportunity Entrepreneurs in Germany: Characteristics and Earnings Differentials
Block, Joern; Wagner, Marcus - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
indicate a need to distinguish between the two groups in entrepreneurship policy-making. The results also show that commonly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005617037
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Do risk attitudes differ within the group of entrepreneurs?
Block, Joern; Sandner, Philipp; Spiegel, Frank - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The notion of risk and entrepreneurship has been widely discussed in the entrepreneurship literature. Starting a … about risk attitudes of entrepreneurs and to the literature about necessity and opportunity entrepreneurship. …
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