Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 360
Cover Image
How Do Young Innovative Companies Innovate?
Pellegrino, Gabriele - 2009
This paper discusses the determinants of product innovation in young innovative companies (YICs) by looking at in …-house R&D is linked to the propensity to introduce product innovation both in mature firms and YICs; however, innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013157755
Cover Image
The Effect of (Mostly Unskilled) Immigration on the Innovation of Italian Regions
Bratti, Massimiliano - 2014
We use small Italian regions (i.e. provinces) to investigate the causal effect of foreign immigration on innovation … immigrants did not have any effect on innovation. However, decomposing the overall effect into the contributions of low- and high … applications by about 0.2%. By contrast, the impact of high-skilled immigrants on innovation is positive, in line with the previous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013058751
Cover Image
Testing a Social Innovation in Financial Aid for Low-Income Students : Experimental Evidence from Italy
Azzolini, Davide - 2018
Building) has been carried out in the province of Torino (Northwest Italy) between 2014 and 2017. For the evaluation purpose …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012915321
Cover Image
Gender, Risk and Venture Creation Intentions
Dawson, Christopher J. - 2012
This paper is concerned with whether women are less likely to express business start-up intentions because of a less favourable attitude to risk. Previous research suggests that attitude to risk differs significantly between genders, but has not addressed the question of whether this contributes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013098820
Cover Image
A Study of Academic Entrepreneurs Using Venture Capital Data
Zhang, Junfu - 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/10012776079
Cover Image
How Does Firm Survival Differ between Business Takeovers and New Venture Start-Ups?
Xi, Guoqian - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012942096
Cover Image
Mode of Entry into Hybrid Entrepreneurship : New Venture Start-Up Versus Business Takeover
Xi, Guoqian - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012943712
Cover Image
Work Experience from Paid Employment and the Path to Entrepreneurship : Business Takeover Versus New Venture Start-Up
Xi, Guoqian - 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/10012990862
Cover Image
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 causes. This is because observing both sides of investor-entrepreneur interactions (especially for unsuccessful pitches) is difficult in reality, and the associated extraordinary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013249120
Cover Image
Badge of Honor or Scarlet Letter? Unpacking Investors' Judgment of Entrepreneurs' Past Failure
Zunino, Diego - 2017
Research shows that most ventures fail, yet it has devoted limited attention to the consequences of entrepreneurs' past failure for investors' decisions. Our motivating insight is that failure can be due to bad luck, lack of skill or both. Therefore, failure conveys ambiguous information about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012947124