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The value of innovation for EIF-backed startups
Signore, Simone; Torfs, Wouter - 2017
The creation of value through innovation is among the defining traits of new technology-driven ventures. In this paper we contribute to the literature by investigating the value of innovations for start-ups supported by EIF in the years 1996 to 2014, as measured through patent applications. The...
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The Determinants of Commercialization Strategy : Idiosyncrasies in British and German Biotechnology
Häussler, Carolin - 2013
unique survey dataset on the commercialization of British and German biotechnology firms, we analyze the determinants of …
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To be financed or not ... : the role of patents for venture capital financing
Häussler, Carolin; Harhoff, Dietmar; Müller, Elisabeth - 2009
British biotechnology companies we have identified all patents filed at the European Patent Office (EPO). Applying hazard rate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003861082
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To be financed or not … : the role of patents for venture capital financing
Häussler, Carolin; Harhoff, Dietmar; Müller, Elisabeth - 2009
British biotechnology companies we have identified all patents filed at the European Patent Office (EPO). Applying hazard rate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003848824
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Growth, Profits and Technological Choice : The Case of the Lancashire Cotton Textile Industry
Toms, Steve - 2014
Using Lancashire textile industry company case studies and financial records, mainly from the period just before the First World War, the processes of growth and decline are re-examined. These are considered by reference to the nature of Lancashire entrepreneurship and the impact on...
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Functional Polycentrism and Urban Network Development in the Greater South East UK: Evidence from Commuting Patterns, 1981-2001
Burger, Martijn Johan; Oort, Frank van; de Goei, de Goei, B. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2009
In contemporary literature on changing urban systems, it is often argued that the traditional central place conceptualisation is outdated and should be replaced by a network view that emphasises the increasing criss-crossing pattern of interdependencies between spatial units. This paper tests...
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Not for the Profit, But for the Training? Gender Differences in Training in the For-Profit and Non-Profit Sectors
Dostie, Benoit - 2017
We use Canadian linked employer-employee data to examine gender differences in probability, duration, and intensity of firm-sponsored training. We find that women in the for-profit sector are less likely to receive classroom training, and receive shorter classroom training courses. However, we...
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Corporate Innovation and the Technological Advantage of British Regions in the Interwar Period
Cantwell, John A.; Spadavecchia, Anna - 2015
This paper investigates the international technological specialization of the British regions in the interwar period. It is based on a novel dataset of more than 8,000 patents granted in the USA to British inventions. The analysis focuses on the impact of the dispersion of corporate innovation...
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Starting Up and Growing Stronger : Life Lessons from a Biotechnology Company
Vissers, Geert - 2013
Biotechnology is widely viewed as a field of economic activity that exemplifies a new (science-based, knowledge … other domains of biotechnology. To sustain this claim, we will describe the birth and early life of an entrepreneurial Dutch … firm in plant biotechnology. It will appear that this firm's biography deviates from the standard picture in many ways. It …
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Policy Levers Tailoring Patent Law to Biotechnology : Comparing European and US Approaches
Van Overwalle, Geertrui - 2015
biotechnology sector, is built into the system over the years. Although the EPC was introduced as a unitary regulatory tool … law to the needs of distinct technology sectors, and in particular the biotechnology sector. Given the civil law tradition … levers uncovered in the present study, come to the advantage of the biotechnology industry. Closer analysis of the various …
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