This paper examines the where, when and why of first round entrepreneurial investment activity in the United States …

which attract a large amount of venture capital investment: Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Israel. The objective is to … investigate venture capitalists’ investment criteria for medical technology ventures in the start-up or expansion phase. Since … existing research evaluated venture capitalists’ general investment criteria, the aim of this study is to provide specific …

This paper contributes to the literature on new firms in two ways. First, by addressing new venture investment, it … for how real investing by new businesses is going to evolve over time. Results suggest that investments by new firms are … behavior as is assumed usually in the literature on investment decisions. By constructing a framework for future research on …

Investment trajectories of new enterprises are a largely neglected but important issue of new firms' business behavior …. This paper debuts in showing robust evidence of new venture investment time patterns by using investment time series of 4 … venture asset acquisition in the first years after market entry. The results unveil durations and levels of investment …

This paper contributes to the literature on new firms in two ways. First, by addressing new venture investment, it … for how real investing by new businesses is going to evolve over time.Results suggest that investments by new firms are … behavior as is assumed usually in the literature on investment decisions.By constructing a framework for future research on new …

of investment-specific technical change (ISTC); (2) the sensitivity of industry entry and exit rates to cross … of ISTC varies across industries and new investment-specific technologies can be introduced by entrants or by incumbents …