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Internet-Based Entrepreneurial Finance : Lessons from Germany
Hornuf, Lars - 2018
The Internet-based crowdinvesting market in Europe has developed significantly since its start in 2007 and has become an alternative source of finance for entrepreneurs to sell securities through the Internet to small investors. This market evidences a great variety in platform design and...
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Crowdfunding Small Businesses and Startups : A Systematic Review, an Appraisal of Theoretical Insights and Future Research Directions
Camilleri, Mark Anthony; Bresciani, Stefano - 2022
Purpose: This contribution evaluates key theoretical bases that were used in previous research, to investigate the use of crowdfunding platforms by small businesses and startups. It presents the findings from a systematic review to better explain the pros and cons of utilizing these disruptive...
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Promoting the financing of SMEs and start-ups in Korea
Jones, Randall Sidney; Kim, Myungkyoo - 2014
role of business angels, activate the merger-andacquisition market and foster entrepreneurship. A creative economy also …
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Fostering a creative economy to drive Korean growth
Jones, Randall Sidney; Kim, Myungkyoo - 2014
venture investment a growth driver, it is important to expand the role of business angels, activate the merger …
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Business takeovers and firm growth : empirical evidence from a German panel
Habermann, Harald - 2017
pathways over a period of eight years after business takeover. Using panel data from 1,872 firms, the present article shows … that for the first two years after a business takeover, small firms are subject to negative serial correlation of growth … the behaviour of a firm following a business takeover. …
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The value of human and social capital investments for the business performance of start-ups
Bosma, Niels; Praag, Mirjam van; Thurik, Adriaan R.; … - 2002
We investigate the manifold posed question: To what extent does investment in human and social capital, besides the effect of talent, enhance entrepreneurial performance? We distinguish between three different performance measures: survival, profits, and generated employment. On the basis of the...
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Entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and knowledge creation (KC)
Vidic, Franc - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 6 (2013) 2, pp. 103-124
There is wide acceptance of the precept that entrepreneurial orientation is associated with superior firm performance, and knowledge has been recognized as a key resource for preserving the competitive advantage. Enterprises must know what to do, how to do it, as well as when and where to do it....
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Ownership Structure, Horizontal Agency Costs and the Performance of High-Tech Entrepreneurial Firms
Colombo, Massimo G. - 2014
We use the lens of the resource-based view and horizontal agency cost theory to analyse the effect of the presence of different types of individual owners, i.e. owner-managers and non-manager individual shareholders, on the performance of high-tech entrepreneurial firms. Ownership enlargement...
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Financing Patterns and Performance Outcomes of Women- versus Men-Owned Young Entrepreneurial Firms
Cole, Rebel A. - 2019
This study examines and compares characteristics, financing patterns, and performance outcomes of women-owned and men-owned young entrepreneurial firms. Using fully imputed data from the Kauffman Firm Surveys of U.S. start-up firms, we first examine the differences in firm and owner...
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Entrepreneurial Orientation and Small Business Performance : The Role of Emergent Strategy
Kelly, Louise - 2014
The research on entrepreneurial orientation (EO) is undecided as to whether a specific EO improves firm performance. We considered EO in a different light by examining the role of emergent strategy. By considering entrepreneurial orientation as it is effected by emergent strategy, we found a...
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