We study a model of network formation and start-up financing with endogenous entrepreneurial type distribution. A hub … firm admits members to its network based on signals about entrepreneurs' types. Network membership is observable, which … allows lenders to offer different interest rates to network and stand-alone entrepreneurs. We show that a network outcome can …

We study a model of network formation and start-up financing with endogenous entrepreneurial type distribution. A hub … firm admits members to its network based on signals about entrepreneurs’ types. Network membership is observable, which … allows lenders to offer different interest rates to network and stand-alone entrepreneurs. We show that a network outcome can …

the regional innovator network, promoting region-specific knowledge spillovers. Two data bases are applied. First, patent … data delivers the innovator network for Thuringia. The second data base contains firm specific information on innovative … innovative and connected to the innovator network positively influences the chances of this firm to survive. …

paper concerns self-organizing and knowledge-creating processes at district and network levels …

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 prospective match. We find that distance drives matching value and … preferences in realized matches, our results indicate that network distance can potentially outweigh their impact, emphasizing the …

submission of business plans and their quality, provided interaction displays some intermediate diversity. Network effects are …

-quality young organizations not becoming embedded, and instead remaining network isolates. Drawing on resource dependence and … exchange theory's emphasis on network ties arising from mutual and balanced interdependence, we explicate how organizational … design decisions, current performance, and competitive pressures influence whether a young organization remains a network …