We review the recent literature on the financing of innovation, inclusive of large companies and new startups. This research strand has been very active over the past five years, generating important new findings, questioning some long-held beliefs, and creating its own puzzles. Our review...

Start-ups are seen as the leading force in dynamically growing economies. Limited financing opportunities often prevent entrepreneurs from realizing their innovative business ideas or taking growth opportunities. However, in the context of the technological revolution, a fundamental change in...

Disruptive innovation often requires new, autonomous entities that are supported by (Corporate) Venture Capital. Although China has become the second-largest Venture Capital (VC) market in the world, knowledge about Chinese CVC remains underdeveloped and lacks academic attention despite its...

Venture capital and private equity research has grown considerably in recent times with a heterogenous set of themes being explored. Using a large corpus from the Web of Science, this study used bibliometric analysis to present a comprehensive encapsulation of the fields’ geographical focus,...

This study contributes to the debate on VC-related policies that aim to support the growth of young high-tech firms in the EU. The study provides a systematic review of the results of 22 firm-level studies that estimate causal effects of VC using counterfactual impact evaluation methods and data...

To cumulate and reconcile conflicting results in the research on gender and entrepreneurship, we meta-analyze 97 primary studies on entrepreneurial entry, financing, and performance, test existing explanations for gender differences, and propose alternative explanations grounded in...

Venture Capital (VC) was borne and has flourished in the United States, yet it has only limitedly developed in other geographical areas. A conspicuous body of research have been carried out to investigate the factors which are more conducive to VC activism, and to the analysis of which factors...

Venture capital, angel financing, and crowdfunding have evolved and matured in the entrepreneurial finance market. These market developments have also been accompanied by a growing body of research. In this paper, we provide an overview of a vast body of literature in the field of...

The purpose of this study is to present a unique database on commercialized patents and to illustrate how it can be used to analyze the commercialization process of patents. The dataset is based on a survey of Swedish patents owned by inventors and small firms with a remarkably high response...