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The global entrepreneurship index (GEINDEX)

Ács, Zoltán J.; Szerb, László - 2009

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Penetrating the knowledge filter in "rust-belt" economies

Ács, Zoltán J.; Plummer, Lawrence A.; Sutter, Ryan - 2008

A new model of economic growth introduces the knowledge filter between new generic knowledge and economically-useful knowledge. It identifies both the formation of new ventures and the absorptive capacity of incumbent firms as the mechanisms that penetrate the knowledge filter. Recent empirical...

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An elementary model of VC financing and growth

Greenwood, Jeremy; Han, Pengfei; Inokuma, Hiroshi; … - 2022

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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. …

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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...

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Demography and innovative entrepreneurship

Bönte, Werner; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - 2007

Demographic change will be one of the major challenges for economic policy in the developed world in the next decades. In this article, we analyze the relationship between age structure and the number of startups. We argue that an individual's decision to start a business is determined by his or...

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Incumbent innovation and entry by spinoff

Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - 2008

incumbents are not willing or able to exploit. Accordingly, incumbent innovation determines exploitable knowledge externalities … for spinoffs while, at the same time, spinoffs are expected to influence incumbent innovation. To overcome this problem of … by spinoffs does, indeed, have a positive impact on incumbent innovation. …

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African Entrepreneurship : Challenges and Opportunities for Doing Business

Dana, Leo-Paul (ed.); Ratten, Vanessa (ed.); … - 2018

This book outlines the unique challenges and opportunities of doing business in Africa, analysing how varying degrees of development across its countries affects entrepreneurship. Taking into account historical and cultural contexts, the authors approach the topic by evaluating the different...

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University Startups and Spin-Offs : Guide for Entrepreneurs in Academia

Stagars, Manuel - 2015

University Startups and Spin-Offs teaches university students, researchers, and educators the most effective strategies and tactics for launching their own startups from academic platforms with the backing of school programs, public grants, incubators, seed accelerators, and private partnerships...

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Entrepreneurship Education and Research in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) : Perspectives on Trends, Policy and Educational Environment

Faghih, Nezameddin (ed.); Zali, Mohammad Reza (ed.) - 2018

Development (CED) -- Part III. Entrepreneurship Research in MENA -- 14. A Taxonomic Study of Innovation in the MENA Region …

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