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Firm Size Effects on Venture Capital Syndication: The Role of Resources and Transaction Costs

wright, mike; Bruining, Bruining, J.; Verwaal, Verwaal, E. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2005

The present paper examines firm size effects on the decision of venture capital firms to participate in a venture capital investment syndication network. The authors submit that firm size effects in venture capital syndication are dependent on resource acquisition motives and transaction cost...

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Internationalization Of Management Buyouts

wright, mike; Lockett, Lockett, A.; Westhead, Westhead, P. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2002

Multivariate statistical analysis is utilized to explore the association between firm strategies, contributions made by venture capitalists and incentives for owners and employees and three exporting variables in a stratified random sample of 147 management buyouts and buyins. Firms focusing...

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Entrepreneurial Orientation In Management Buy-Outs And The Contribution Of Venture Capital

wright, mike; Bruining, Bruining, J. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2002

This paper focuses on the development of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) after a management buy-out (MBO) and on the role played by venture capital firms in enhancing EO. It presents results of two exploratory case studies of divisional buy-outs with regard to their EO and the areas where the...

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On the Real Effects of Private Equity

Roosenboom, Roosenboom, P.G.J. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2009

Private equity has become an increasingly important part of our economy. Around the world the companies owned by private equity investors account for a substantial percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and private sector employment. These investors have recently been under fire in the media...

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The Social Capital of Venture Capitalists and Its Impact on the Funding of Start-Up Firms

Block, Joern H.; Alexy, Alexy, O.T.; Sandner, Sandner, P.G. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2010

How does the social capital of venture capitalists (VCs) affect the funding of start-ups? Extant entrepreneurship literature conceptualizes a substitute effect between the social and financial capital that new firms attain from their investors. On the contrary, by building on the rich social...

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Trademark or patent? The effects of market structure, customer type and venture capital financing on start-ups' IP decisions

Pennings, Enrico; Block, Joern H.; de Vries, de Vries, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2013

We analyze the initial intellectual property (IP) right of 4,703 start-up entrants in the US, distinguishing between trademark and patent applications. The results show that start-ups are more likely to file for a trademark instead of a patent when entering into more competitive market...

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Unraveling Scientific Impact

Stremersch, Stefan; Camacho, Camacho, N.M.A.; Vanneste, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2014

The number of citations a paper receives is the most commonly used measure of scientific impact. In this paper, we study not only the number but also the type of citations that 659 marketing articles generated. We discern five citation types: application, affirmation, negation, review and...

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Competition:an inspirational marketing tool

Waarts, Waarts, E. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2004

Competition is the engine behind innovation and dynamics in the marketplace. Sectors like public transport … the high technology sector. In that sense, competition can be an inspirational and stimulating marketing tool. At the same …

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What Turns Knowledge into Innovative Products? The Role of Entrepreneurship and Knowledge Spillovers

Block, Joern H.; Thurik, Roy; Zhou, Zhou, H. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2009

entrepreneurship with respect to economic performance. This paper uses the knowledge spillover theory to explain different innovation …-to-the-market innovation but has no effect on the relationship between knowledge and new-to-the-firm innovation. Our results using European … chances that knowledge will become new-to-the-market innovation. The findings highlight the importance of Schumpeterian …

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Organizing The Innovation System For Reusability: The Case Of Made-To-Order Markets

Van Den Bosch, Frans A J; Oshri, Oshri, I.; Volberda, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2004

This paper examines the transfer of designs between projects within firm in the context of made-to-order producing companies. This practice is also known as knowledge reuse. Past studies has provided a detailed account of the strategies and processes involved in the reuse of technologies....

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