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The impact of venture capital on the persistence of innovation activities of Swiss start-ups
Arvanitis, Spyros; Stucki, Tobias - 2013
In this study we investigate the impact of early stage venture capital on innovation activities of Swiss start … venture capital on innovation performance 3 years after firm foundation but also 6 and 9 years after firm start, respectively …, for those firms that survived so long and reported continuously innovation activities (persistence of innovation). The …
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Can government intervention make firms more investment-ready? A randomized experiment in the Western Balkans
Cusolito, Ana Paula; Dautovic, Ernest; McKenzie, David J. - 2020
Innovative firms with good ideas may still struggle to fine-tune them to the stage where they can attract outside funding. We conduct a five-country randomized experiment that tests the impact of an investment readiness program. Firms then pitched their ideas to independent judges. The program...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012422053
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The Impact of Venture Capital on Innovation Behaviour and Firm Growth
Peneder, Michael - 2010
differences in industry, location, legal status, size, age, credit rating, export and innovation behaviour, the findings (i …, yet not on innovation output. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011435304
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The Birth of German Biotechnology Industry: Did Venture Capital run the Show?
Heneric, Oliver; Engel, Dirk; Champenois, Claire - 2004
The goal of this paper is to point out the role played by private equity investors (venture-capital companies and corporate investors) in the emergence of a new biotechnology industry in Germany in the second half of the 90?s. This analysis takes into account the different business models and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297325
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The Impact of Venture Capital on Firm Growth: An Empirical Investigation
Engel, Dirk - 2002
The financial and non-financial involvement of venture capitalists is supposed to be positively correlated with firm performance. This paper deals with the evaluation of the impact of venture capitalists on employment growth of new founded firms. Differences between high-tech and low-tech...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298119
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Venture capital industries and policies: Some cross-country comparisons
Teubal, Morris; Luukkonen, Terttu - 2006
The paper summarizes the findings obtained during the first year of the Venture Fun project, carried out in an EU Network of Excellence PRIME and funded from the Sixth Framework Programme. The paper defines the central concepts of the project, identifies questions for further elaboration and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285286
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The Birth of German Biotechnology Industry - Did Venture Capital run the show?
Heneric, Oliver; Engel, Dirk; Champenois, Claire - 2004
We answer the questions, how many firms acting in the modern German biotechnology industry are funded by venture capital companies (VCC) as well as equity funded by corporate investors. The theory suggests a high relevance of VCC as venturing partner of high-tech projects. In addition we argue...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261021
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The contribution of corporate ventures to radical innovation
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Dick, Johannes M. H.; Hussinger, Katrin - 2010
Established firms often face significant obstacles to innovation. As a solution, it has been suggested to form … monitored by their corporate sponsors, resulting in less favorable conditions for radical innovation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302257
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Venture Capital-backed Firms, Unavoidable Value-destroying Trade Sales, and Fair Value Protections
Nigro, Casimiro Antonio; Stahl, Jörg R. - 2020
This paper investigates the implications of the fair value protections contemplated by the standard corporate contract (i.e., the standard contract form for which corporate law provides) for the entrepreneur-venture capitalist relationship, focusing, in particular, on unavoidable...
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Creative destruction and productive preemption
Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars; Svensson, Roger - 2013
We develop a theory of innovation for entry and sale into oligopoly, and show that inventions of higher quality are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291511