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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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Business groups as hierarchies of firms : determinants of vertical integration and performance

Altomonte, Carlo; Rungi, Armando - 2013

We explore the nature of Business Groups, that is network-like forms of hierarchical organization between legally autonomous firms spanning both within and across national borders. Exploiting a unique dataset of 270,474 headquarters controlling more than 1,500,000 (domestic and foreign)...

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Merge or fail? : The determinants of mergers and bankruptcies in Switzerland, 1995 - 2000

Bühler, Stefan (contributor); Kaiser, Christian (contributor) - 2005

This paper examines the determinants of mergers and bankruptcies, using firm level data from the Swiss Business Census and the Dun & Bradstreet exit database for Switzerland (1995-2000). Employing duration analysis, we find considerable differences in the determinants of mergers and...

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