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The internal mechanisms of entrepreneurs' social capital : a multi-network analysis
Hernández-Carrión, Carlos; Camarero Izquierdo, Carmen; … - In: Business research quarterly : BRQ 23 (2020) 1, pp. 1-19
-scale local entrepreneurs help improve their scarce resource endowments. Adopting a mechanistic and functioning oriented view of … individually explores both the personal and professional networks of 958 Spanish entrepreneurs. Findings reveal how the two …
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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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How do emerging market SMEs utilize resources in the face of environmental uncertainty?
Temouri, Yama; Shen, Kathy; Pereira, Vijay; Xie, Xuanli - In: Business research quarterly : BRQ 25 (2022) 3, pp. 212-223
Using the resource-based view of the firm, this article examines how different resources are used by small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in response to environmental uncertainty in an emerging market context. A survey was conducted involving 212 owners, CEOs, or managing directors of SMEs...
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Does venture capital investment really require spatial proximity? : An empirical investigation
Fritsch, Michael (contributor); Schilder, Dirk (contributor) - 2006
We examine the role of spatial proximity for Venture Capital (VC) investments in Germany. The main database is a survey of 85 personal interviews with representatives of different types of financial institutions. The analysis shows that spatial proximity is far less important for VC investments...
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Financial signaling by innovative nascent entrepreneurs
Audretsch, David B.; Bönte, Werner; Mahagaonkar, Prashanth - 2009
External finance is central for nascent entrepreneurs, people in the process of starting new ventures. We argue that … nascent entrepreneurs use patents and prototypes in order to signal their ability to appropriate the returns from their … innovation as well as the project’s feasibility. Our analysis of 900 nascent entrepreneurs finds that patents and prototypes …
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Financial signalling by innovative nascent entrepreneurs
Audretsch, David B.; Bönte, Werner; Mahagaonkar, Prashanth - 2009
External finance is central for nascent entrepreneurs, people in the process of starting new ventures. We argue that … nascent entrepreneurs use patents and prototypes in order to signal their ability to appropriate the returns from their … innovation as well as the projectś feasibility. Our analysis of 900 nascent entrepreneurs finds that patents and prototypes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003809914
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Financing technology-based small firms in Europe : a review of the empirical evidence
Revest, Valérie; Sapio, Sandro - 2009
This paper reviews the evidence on financing technology-based small firms (TBSFs) in Europe. The main findings in the literature are the 1) European TBSF's finance new investments by relying primarily on internal funds, due to capital market failures induced by asymmetric information; 2)...
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Are CEE states successful as venture capitalists?
Karsai, Judit - 2015
The entire venture capital sector of Central and Eastern Europe is characterised by the increased weight of state resources. The strengthening of public activities is mainly due to the new type of equity schemes introduced in the European Union's 2007 to 2013 programming period, which allowed...
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SB IPOs and IPO anomalies : an empirical analysis of the small firm uniqueness hypothesis
Brau, James C.; Carpenter, C. Troy - In: Journal of entrepreneurial finance : JEF ; official … 16 (2013) 2, pp. 75-96
The purpose of this paper is to provide a direct test of the small-firm uniqueness hypothesis advanced by Ang (1991). We do this by using the 5B-IPO program of the SEC as our instrument to define a small firm. Having identified small firms, we test the three IPO anomalies to see if small firms...
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Understanding the True Potential of Hybrid Financing Strategies for Social Entrepreneurs
Martin, Maximilian - 2013
Over the past thirty years, a number of social entrepreneurs have managed to create fairly large social enterprises … and growing, it continues to be highly fragmented – for social entrepreneurs and more classical non-profits alike. This … question remains: How to fund social entrepreneurs efficiently?There is great enthusiasm for impact investing and social …
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