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Bernstein, Shai - 2017

This paper reviews the literature on the role of public equity markets in the innovation ecosystem. The review highlights the importance of public equity markets in funding the research and development activities of young and high growth firms. It also illustrates the dependence of venture...

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The development of the Central and Eastern European venture capital market in Europe

Karsai, Judit - 2023

The working paper examines the role and development of the Central and Eastern European venture capital sector in the five years between 2016 and 2020. This period includes both the end of the recovery after the economic crisis in 2008 and the downturn due to the coronavirus crisis in 2019. A...

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Reassessing the practical and theoretical influence of entrepreneurship through acquisition

Hunt, Richard A.; Fund, Bret - In: Journal of entrepreneurial finance : JEF ; official … 16 (2012) 1, pp. 29-56

This paper presents a long overdue reassessment of entrepreneurship through acquisition (ETA). Traditionally considered simply a niche occurrence of small company leveraged buyouts (LBO), ETA is actually a meaningful contributor to a nation's entrepreneurial capacity and business revitalization....

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Know Your Worth : Angel Financing of Female Entrepreneurial Ventures

Poczter, Sharon - 2016

This study explores success rates in angel financing based on the gender composition of entrepreneurial teams using unique, hand-collected data from the television program Shark Tank. We find that the likelihood of a team receiving an offer from an angel investor is independent of the...

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Characteristics of Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurial Finance, and Growth Paths

Cohen, Laurence - 2018

The aim of this paper is to better understand how entrepreneurial equity finance interacts with the complex growth process of young technological ventures. More specially, we investigate how different growth paths are influenced by the entrepreneurs' interactions with different categories of...

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Social Capital and Entrepreneurial Financing Choice

Dudley, Evan - 2020

This paper investigates the influence of social capital on young firms' financing arrangements. Using a sample of U.S. start-ups, I find that social capital, as captured by secular norms and social networks in the entrepreneur's county, increases access to outside financing and reduces reliance...

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Formal sources of finance boost innovation : do immigrants benefit as much as natives?

Ashourizadeh, Shayegheh; Saeedikiya, Mehrzad; Aeeni, Zeynab - In: Entrepreneurial business and economics review : EBER 10 (2022) 2, pp. 41-59

Objective: The article investigates the relative benefit of formality/informality of finance sources for innovation and compares this benefit amongst immigrant and native entrepreneurs. The authors investigate whether formal finance (here, bank loan) benefit innovation more than informal sources...

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Fostering entrepreneurial investment decision in medical technology ventures in a changing business environment

Keppler, Sonja Bettina; Olaru, Marieta; Marin, Georgiana - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 17 (2015) 38, pp. 390-407

This paper presents the results obtained from a survey among public and private venture capitalists from countries which attract a large amount of venture capital investment: Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Israel. The objective is to investigate venture capitalists’ investment criteria for...

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Stereotypes about Successful Entrepreneurs

Lyonnet, Victor; Stern, Léa - 2023

What comes to mind when thinking about a successful entrepreneur? Belief formation models suggest that what comes to mind is an oversimplified picture of the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs, i.e, stereotypes about successful entrepreneurs. Using French administrative data on 48,767...

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Risky business : venture capital, pivoting and scaling

Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars; Tåg, Joacim - 2024

The creation and scaling of startups are inherently linked to risk-taking, with various types of owners handling these …, introduce ”exit costs” that make high-risk strategies more attractive to VC-backed startups. Moreover, an active VC market … presence of VC intensifies research risk among established firms, as their research initiatives are strategic complements to …

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