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The value of innovation for EIF-backed startups
Signore, Simone; Torfs, Wouter - 2017
The creation of value through innovation is among the defining traits of new technology-driven ventures. In this paper …. On average, for every Euro of EIF-supported VC financing, start-ups generated 2.74 Euro of private innovation value. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011859809
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The impact of VC on the exit and innovation outcomes of EIF-backed start-ups
Pavlova, Elitsa; Signore, Simone - 2021
We use competing risks methods to investigate the causal link between venture capital (VC) investments supported by the EIF and the exit prospects and patenting activity of young and innovative firms. Using a novel dataset covering European start-ups receiving VC financing in the years 2007 to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012436188
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What should we expect from innovation? : a model-based assessment of the environmental and mitigation cost implications of climate-related R&D
Bosetti, Valentina; Carraro, Carlo; Duval, Romain; … - 2010
This paper addresses two basic issues related to technological innovation and climate stabilisation objectives: i) Can … innovation policies be effective in stabilising greenhouse gas concentrations? ii) To what extent can innovation policies … technical progress in the energy sector. We evaluate a range of innovation policies, both as a stand-alone instrument and in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008728830
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Carbon taxes, path dependency and directed technical change : evidence from the auto industry
Aghion, Philippe; Dechezleprêtre, Antoine; Hémous, David - 2012
innovation distinguishing between "dirty" (internal combustion engine) and "clean" (e.g. electric and hybrid) patents across 80 … tax-inclusive fuel prices. Furthermore, there is path dependence in the type of innovation both from aggregate spillovers … and from the firm's own innovation history. Using our model we simulate the increases in carbon taxes needed to allow …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009687266
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Horizontal mergers, involuntary unemployment, and welfare
Budzinski, Oliver; Budzinski, Jürgen-Peter - 2009
Standard welfare analysis of horizontal mergers usually refers to two effects: the anticompetitive market power effect reduces welfare by enabling firms to charge prices above marginal costs, whereas the procompetitive efficiency effect increases welfare by reducing the costs of production...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003836388
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The impact of soft-skills training for entrepreneurs in Jamaica
Ubfal, Diego; Arraiz, Irani; Beuermann, Diether W.; … - 2020
A randomized controlled trial with 945 entrepreneurs in Jamaica shows positive short-term impacts of soft-skills training on business outcomes. The effects are concentrated among men and disappear 12 months after the training. The main channel is increased adoption of recommended business...
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Growth patterns of EIF-backed startups
Signore, Simone - 2016
Start-up growth is often treated as a stylised fact, despite an extensive research body composed of divergent theories and empirical findings. Against this background, this work contributes to the literature by analysing a hand-collected dataset of 2,951 EIF-backed VC start-ups. Section 2...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011863300
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The economic impact of VC investments supported by the EIF
Pavlova, Elitsa; Signore, Simone - 2019
This paper examines the impact of venture capital (VC) investments supported by the EIF on the financial growth and performance of young and innovative firms. Using a novel dataset covering European start-ups supported by VC in the years 2007 to 2014, we generate a counterfactual group of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011995881
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Patent licensing, entry and the incentive to innovate
Tauman, Yair; Zhao, Chang - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011698585
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The circulation of ideas in firms and markets
Hellmann, Thomas; Perotti, Enrico C. - 2010
even developed in both firms and markets. -- Ideas ; Innovation ; Entrepreneurship ; Firm Organization ; Start-Ups …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008728746