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We provide the first cross-country evidence of the effect of investment by private equity firms on innovation, focusing … funds and insurance companies across countries and over time. We also control for the standard determinants of innovation … aggregate (private equity plus R&D) industrial spending, PE accounts for as much as 12% of industrial innovation. We also …
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Using a comprehensive database of European firms, we study how private equity affects the rate of firm entry. We find that private equity investment benefits new business incorporation, especially in industries with naturally higher entry rates and R&D intensity. A two standard deviation...
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This paper aims at investigating the relationship between firms' profit efficiency, access to finance and innovation … efficiency in order to increase profitability. Among firms that have embarked in product innovation, those in the industry and … help to better understand the link between innovation, financial constraints and efficiency, which goes beyond the idea …
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suggests that whilst micro reforms boost innovation, macro reforms may appear negative. We test and find empirical support for …
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We provide the first cross-country evidence of the effect of investment by private equity firms on innovation, focusing … funds and insurance companies across countries and over time. We also control for the standard determinants of innovation … aggregate (private equity plus R&D) industrial spending, PE accounts for as much as 12% of industrial innovation. We also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011605109
is found on immediate technology transfer. Another result is a significant effect of domestic innovation activity. There … results obtained provide some policy implications and make the case for taking into account domestic innovation activity while …
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Using a comprehensive database of European firms, we study how private equity affects the rate of firm entry. We find that private equity investment benefits new business incorporation, especially in industries with naturally higher entry rates and R&D intensity. A two standard deviation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011605124
We study optimal liquidity management, innovation, and production decisions for a continuum of firms facing financing … spur investment in innovation (R&D). We characterize which firms should substitute production for innovation in the face of …
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We examine the extent to which environmental regulation affects innovation and which policy types provide the strongest … environmental technology innovation. At the firm-level, however, environmental policy tightening leads to higher innovation activity … in technologies mitigating climate change, while the effect on innovation in other technologies is muted. This suggests …
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Innovative firms with good ideas may still struggle to fine-tune them to the stage where they can attract outside funding. We conduct a five-country randomized experiment that tests the impact of an investment readiness program. Firms then pitched their ideas to independent judges. The program...
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