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Why entrepreneurs choose risky R&D projects : but still not risky enough

Färnstrand Damsgaard, Erika; Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; … - 2012

Entrepreneurs face higher commercialization costs than incumbents. We show that this implies that entrepreneurs will …, entrepreneurs may select too safe projects from a social point of view, since they do not internalize the business stealing effect … inducing entrepreneurs to choose less risky projects, whereas R&D support encourages entrepreneurship without affecting the …

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Credit to Women Entrepreneurs : The Curse of the Trustworthier Sex

Agier, Isabelle - 2011

Women entrepreneurs are known not only to reimburse loans swifter than men, but also to receive smaller loans. However …

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Accelerators as a Tool for Encouraging Female Entrepreneurship

Avnimelech, Gil; Rechter, Eyal - 2021

This study was driven by an initial finding that female founders’ participation rates in Israeli accelerators are significantly higher (15.3%) than their participation rate in the Israeli startup sector (7.4%). Linking accelerators’ design to the known barriers for female entrepreneurship,...

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Foreign direct investment and domestic entrepreneurship : blessing or curse?

Danakol, Seçil Hülya; Estrin, Saul; Reynolds, Paul … - 2013

This paper explores the effects of foreign direct investment, measured by mergers and acquisitions, on domestic entrepreneurial entry. We use a micro‐panel of more than two thousand individuals disaggregated by industry in seventy countries including both developed and developing economies,...

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Are Women More Likely Venture Funders? Theory and Evidence from Migrants Remitting to Developing Countries

Cummings, Michael E. - 2020

There is substantial research on how women differ from men as new business (venture) founders, but little on how women may differ from men as venture funders. We respond with theory and evidence from an unconventional venture funding context: migrants' remittances to developing countries. We...

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The Beer Beneath The Froth: Preliminary findings from case studies of 25 small high technology firms

Quince, Thelma; Whittaker, Hugh - ESRC Centre for Business Research - 2003

Across Europe those who create and run high-tech SMEs have become a primary focus of industrial policy. Part of the rationale for the focus on small high-tech firms lies in the desire to emulate the experience of the US, particularly Silicon Valley and Boston in which spinning off new ventures...

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Research on the relationship between venture capitalists' trust in the entrepreneur and their investment behaviors

Li, Sulei; Yang, Hongtao - In: Entrepreneurship research journal : ERJ 12 (2022) 2, pp. 161-184

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The Value of Human and Social Capital Investments for the Business Performance of Start-ups

Bosma, Niels; van Praag, Mirjam; Thurik, Roy; de Wit, Gerrit - 2002

We investigate the manifold posed question: To what extent does investment in human and social capital, besides the effect of talent, enhance entrepreneurial performance? We distinguish between three different performance measures: survival, profits, and generated employment. On the basis of the...

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The value of human and social capital investments for the business performance of start-ups

Bosma, Niels; Praag, Mirjam van; Thurik, Adriaan R.; … - 2002

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Is venture capital a regional business? The role of syndication

Fritsch, Michael; Schilder, Dirk - 2006

We investigate whether the supply of Venture Capital (VC) in Germany is driven by spatial influences. The study is based on information from more than 300 VC investments made in Germany in the year 2004 and 2005. We find evidence that the geographical distance between a VC company and the...

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