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Venture capital has become a dominant form of innovation finance, used by many high-tech startups. Europe lags the U.S. in both VC activity and the creation of successful startups, and has recently been surpassed by China. Few European countries have rates of VC activity commensurable to their...
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This paper analyses the Business Angel (BA) portfolio of the European Angels Fund (EAF), an initiative of the European Investment Fund, which engages in co-investment relationships with experienced business angels across Europe. It uses EIF’s proprietary database to shed light on a specific...
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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...
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In this review I could have focused on all of the excellent things in this work. But that would take too long, and the job of a reviewer is not to excessively praise but instead highlight areas of concern with the aim of full and correct dissemination of knowledge on a topic.I show conclusions...
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Since 2011, the European legislator has taken a new course of action on business failure and insolvency. For a long … time, substantive harmonisation was considered unfeasible in the area of insolvency law, however, the developments over the … Insolvency Law'. In part three some observations will be made with regard to the recent developments in the EU, including a …
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In this paper we analyze how different types of venture capital investments - private, public and indirect public - affect performance of portfolio companies. We use data on more than 20,000 VC deals in Europe between 2000 and 2018 and we hand collected a unique dataset on the institutional...
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In this paper we analyze how different types of venture capital investments - private, public and indirect public - affect performance of "cleantech" start-ups in Europe. We hand collected a unique dataset on the institutional setting (public/indirect/private) of almost 15000 investors in...
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This book investigates the taxation of companies under economic and financial distress. A company in economic distress has no or low profitability and a low going-concern value. On the other hand, a company in financial distress is a viable entity with current, but not necessarily long-term,...
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