We investigate if and to what extent the receipt of a “selective” public subsidy - a public subsidy awarded through a competitive procedure - acts as a quality signal and helps new technology-based firms (NTBFs) to access R&D alliances. In particular, we theoretically enquire and empirically...

This paper tests the presence of an ‘entrepreneurial imprinting effect' of founders' human capital on entrepreneurial ventures' sales growth performance. More specifically, we disentangle the effect of the stock of human capital possessed at foundation from the potential injections and losses...

This paper tests the presence of an ‘entrepreneurial imprinting effect’ of founders’ human capital on entrepreneurial ventures’ performance. More specifically, we empirically explore the impact of entrepreneurs’ human capital on a firm’s sales growth performance by disentangling the...