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Financing Entrepreneurship and the Old-Boy Network
Inci, Eren - 2012
We study entrepreneurs' start-up financing from banks and local financiers. An informal network, whose membership cannot be observed by outsiders, conveys the good signals it gets about the hidden types of network entrepreneurs to local financiers, which are then reflected in different loan...
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Matching in Entrepreneurial Finance Networks
Pasquini, Ricardo - 2017
We empirically explore the importance of networks in the match formation of startups and investors. Using a massive network of connections from the entrepreneurial finance setting in California, we estimate a matching model introducing network distance as a key determinant of the value of a...
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Entrepreneurial Entry: Which Institutions Matter?
Aidis, Ruta; Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2009
In this paper we explore the relationship between the individual decision to become anentrepreneur and the institutional context. We pinpoint the critical roles of property rights andthe size of the state sector for entrepreneurial activity and test the relationships empirically bycombining...
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The effect of credit composition on entrepreneurship
Aghdam, Ali Nassiri; Behdarvand, Shahin; Sheshdeh, … - In: Latin American journal of central banking : LAJCB 4 (2023) 4, pp. 1-21
In this study, we aim to assess the relevance of credit composition to entrepreneurship empirically in light of the … composition on entrepreneurship in 54 high- and middle-income economies from 2001 to 2016. To capture credit composition, we … entrepreneurship. The results indicate that credit composition is important for both high- and middle-income economies, but the …
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Alumni Networks in Entrepreneurial Financing
Garfinkel, Jon A.; Mayer, Erik J.; Yimfor, Emmanuel - 2022
One in three deals in the early-stage financing market involves an investor and founder from the same alma mater. We show that founders' connections to early-stage investors through shared education networks are more important than school academic quality or shared geography in facilitating...
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Finance for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises in India : sources and challenges
Singh, Charan; Wasdani, Kishinchand Poornima - 2016
Finance for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) has been a concern for all stakeholders including entrepreneurs, financial institutions, and government organizations. The key objective of the study was to identify various challenges faced by MSMEs in sourcing of finance during...
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Szakirodalmi áttekintés a korai fázisú, gyorsan növekvő innovatív vállalkozások tőkefinanszírozását segítő alternatív megoldásokról
Judit, Karsai - 2019
There have been significant changes in the financing of early-stage innovative companies since the beginning of this decade. The importance of institutional venture capital funds' investments declined in financing startups and early-stage ventures. At the same time, alternative sources of...
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Commercial Banking Profitability in Post Communist Countries : The Role of Entrepreneurship: 1990-2004
Georgiou, Miltiades N. - 2009
as capitalists in the banking sector, since it is shown that entrepreneurship has a positive impact on banking …
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Financial Development and Selection into Entrepreneurship : Evidence from Italy and US
Deidda, Manuela - 2014
assessing the relationship between households' initial net wealth and the probability to switch to entrepreneurship in Italy and … exposure to financial risk, would positively affect transition into entrepreneurship. Therefore, I fill a gap in the literature … entrepreneurship and changes in net wealth. Using a sample selection model with endogenous switching allows me to deal with endogeneity …
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Stress Tests, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation
Doerr, Sebastian - 2021
This paper shows that post-crisis stress tests have negative effects on entrepreneurship and innovation at young firms … decline in entrepreneurship in counties with higher exposure to stress tested banks. The decline is stronger in sectors with a …
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