Bertoni, Fabio; Croce, Annalisa; D'Adda, Diego - In: Venture Capital 12 (2009) 4, pp. 307-326
The aim of this paper is to analyse empirically the impact of venture capital (VC) finance on the innovation output of new technology-based firms (NTBFs) as reflected by their patenting activity. In particular, we compare the patenting rates of VC-backed and non-VC-backed NTBFs. To investigate...