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The Regional Supply of Venture Capital – Can Syndication overcome Bottlenecks?
Fritsch, Michael; Schilder, Dirk - 2010
We investigate whether the supply of venture capital (VC) is driven by spatial proximity between a VC company and the portfolio firm. Our analysis is based on information about VC investments in Germany between 2004 and 2009. We find that possible problems caused by the geographic distance to a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008688466
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Is venture capital a regional business? : the role of syndication
Fritsch, Michael (contributor); Schilder, Dirk (contributor) - 2006
Germany. -- Venture Capital ; regional equity gap ; start-up financing ; entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003376187
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Does venture capital investment really require spatial proximity? : An empirical investigation
Fritsch, Michael (contributor); Schilder, Dirk (contributor) - 2006
We examine the role of spatial proximity for Venture Capital (VC) investments in Germany. The main database is a survey of 85 personal interviews with representatives of different types of financial institutions. The analysis shows that spatial proximity is far less important for VC investments...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003314912
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The persistence of regional new business formation-activity over time : assessing the potential of policy promotion programs
Fritsch, Michael; Mueller, Pamela - 2005
entrepreneurship. These factors also seem to be responsible for changes in the level of regional new business formation. In addition … Innovationsaktivitäten und von Entrepreneurship stellen geeignete Ansatzpunkte für eine Politik dar, die auf eine Steigerung der …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010513666
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The effect of new firm formation on regional development over time
Fritsch, Michael; Mueller, Pamela - 2004
In our analysis of the impact of new firm formation on regional employment change we identified considerable time lags. We investigated the structure and extent of these time lags by applying the Almon lag model and found that new firms can have both a positive and a negative effect on regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010513686
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Are more start-ups really better? : quantity and quality of new businesses and their effect on regional development
Fritsch, Michael; Schroeter, Alexandra - 2009
at stimulating economic growth through entrepreneurship should focus on high-quality start-ups. -- Entrepreneurship ; new … business formation ; regional development ; entrepreneurship policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003887125
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The effect of new business formation on regional development over time : the case of Germany
Fritsch, Michael (contributor); Mueller, Pamela (contributor) - 2006
interregional differences indicate that regional factors play an important role. -- Entrepreneurship ; new business formation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003376226
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Entrepreneurship in the long-run : empirical evidence and historical mechanisms
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2022
We review and discuss research on the development of regional entrepreneurship over time. A particular focus is on the … long-term persistence of regional levels of entrepreneurship, its explanation, and its meaning for economic development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013368491
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The deep historical roots of industrial culture and regional entrepreneurship : a case study of two regions
Fritsch, Michael; Greve, Maria; Wyrwich, Michael - 2022
special focus on entrepreneurship and innovation. South Saxony has a long history of self-employment and knowledge generation … that results in a persistent culture of innovative entrepreneurship. In Mecklenburg, such a culture did never emerge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013471888
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The Regional Supply of Venture Capital - Can Syndication overcome Bottlenecks?
Fritsch, Michael; Schilder, Dirk - 2010
We investigate whether the supply of venture capital (VC) is driven by spatial proximity between a VC company and the portfolio firm. Our analysis is based on information about VC investments in Germany between 2004 and 2009. We find that possible problems caused by the geographic distance to a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286469