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How does firm survival differ between business takeovers and new venture start-ups?
Xi, Guoqian; Block, Jörn; Lasch, Frank C.; Robert, Frank; … - 2017
Focusing on entrepreneurship entry modes, we investigate two research questions regarding firm survival: how does the survival probability differ between business takeovers and new venture start-ups? And how do the determinants of survival differ between the two entry modes? Using a large French...
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Mode of entry into hybrid entrepreneurship : new venture start-up versus business takeover
Xi, Guoqian; Block, Jörn; Lasch, Frank C.; Robert, Frank; … - 2017
Many entrepreneurs start their ventures while retaining jobs in wage employment; this phenomenon is called hybrid entrepreneurship. Little is known about the entry modes (new venture start-up vs. business takeover) of hybrid entrepreneurs. Our study aims to close this gap by investigating the...
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Gender match and the gender gap in venture capital financing: evidence from shark tank
Jetter, Michael; Stockley, Kieran - 2021
Although the gender gap in entrepreneurs' success rates to secure funding is staggering, we know little about its … comprehensive data of 4,893 interactions from the popular US television show Shark Tank, we test whether gender match with … with female (rather than male) entrepreneurs, while no systematic gender preferences emerge for male investors. This result …
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The advantage of experienced start-up founders in venture capital acquisition : evidence from serial entrepreneurs
Zhang, Junfu (contributor) - 2007
Existing literature suggests that entrepreneurs with prior firm-founding experience have more skills and social connections than novice entrepreneurs. Such skills and social connections could give experienced founders some advantage in the process of raising venture capital. This paper uses a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003632107
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A study of academic entrepreneurs using venture capital data
Zhang, Junfu (contributor) - 2007
Academic entrepreneurship has become an increasingly important channel through which universities contribute to economic development. This paper studies academic entrepreneurs using a comprehensive venture capital database. I find that about two-thirds of the academic entrepreneurs locate their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003539354
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The interdependence of R&D activity and debt financing of young firms
Fryges, Helmut; Kohn, Karsten; Ullrich, Katrin - 2011
We investigate the interdependence of debt financing and R&D activities of young firms. Using micro-level data of the KfW/ZEW Start-up Panel, our estimation results show that firm characteristics are more important than personal characteristics of the founders for explaining young firms'...
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Financing entrepreneurship and the old-boy network
Inci, Eren; Parker, Simon C. - 2012
We study entrepreneurs' start-up financing from banks and local financiers. An informal network, whose membership cannot be observed by outsiders, conveys the good signals it gets about the hidden types of network entrepreneurs to local financiers, which are then reflected in different loan...
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Crowdfunding, cascades and informed investors
Parker, Simon C. - 2014
Do higher proportions of (a) informed investors and (b) high-quality projects increase the number of good projects that are ultimately financed via crowdfunding? A simple model and simulation reveals the answers to both questions to be: "not necessarily".
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Work experience from paid employment and the path to entrepreneurship : business takeover versus new venture start-up
Xi, Guoqian; Block, Jörn; Lasch, Frank C.; Robert, Frank; … - 2016
Our paper investigates how the type of work experience gained from prior paid employment influences the path to entrepreneurship. We distinguish between two distinct entrepreneurship entry modes: business takeover and new venture start-up. Using a large and rich French data set, we find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476546
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Reducing start-up costs for new firms : the double dividend on the labour market
Dulleck, Uwe (contributor); Frijters, Paul (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001818938