Dieser Beitrag untersucht die Beziehung zwischen einer sozialistischen Vergangenheit eines Landes und der Meinung von dessen Bewohnern über Unternehmer. Wir verwenden einen großen Datensatz mit Mikrodaten aus 30 europäischen Ländern. Diese Daten zeigen, dass Individuen aus Ländern mit einer...

Innovative entrepreneurship is considered an important pillar for economic development and has sparked a lively discussion in academia and practice alike. Oftentimes, however, the debate is not sufficiently grounded on solid empirical evidence. The academic literature is growing but very...

Acquisitions by Chinese firms have increased markedly in recent years. So far, we know little about the effects of these acquisitions on the acquirer's innovation performance. In this regard, we study two related research questions. First, to what extent can Chinese firms increase their patent...

Research on initial coin offerings (ICOs) is nascent and assesses ICOs from ventures' and regulators' perspectives. Little is known about the equally important group of investors who provide their capital to ventures in ICOs. Using a primary dataset of 517 ICO investors collected in 2018, we...

The decision to syndicate investments in entrepreneurial finance has been explained through financial, networking, and resource-based perspectives. We posit that a personality perspective exists next to these three perspectives and hypothesize that the personality of business angels influences...

Innovative entrepreneurship is considered an important pillar for economic development and has sparked a lively discussion in academia and practice alike. Oftentimes, however, the debate is not sufficiently grounded on solid empirical evidence. The academic literature is growing but very...