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Start-up financing in the digital age : a systematic review and comparison of new forms of financing
Klein, Maximilian; Neitzert, Florian; Hartmann-Wendels, … - In: Journal of entrepreneurial finance : JEF ; official … 21 (2019) 2, pp. 46-98
Start-ups are seen as the leading force in dynamically growing economies. Limited financing opportunities often prevent entrepreneurs from realizing their innovative business ideas or taking growth opportunities. However, in the context of the technological revolution, a fundamental change in...
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Persistence of government funding in small business finance
Ylhäinen, Ilkka - 2010
This paper studies the interaction of Finnish manufacturing firms and a state-owned specialized financing company, whose objective is to cure credit market imperfections. The study ex-amines how the presence of such agency affects the behavior of the firms over time. Specifically, the study...
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Seeding New Ventures - Green Thumbs and Fertile Fields : Individual and Environmental Drivers of Informal Investment
Szerb, Laacute;szloacute - 2014
This study explores individual and country-level environmental drivers of informal quot;seedquot; investment. We … in 31 countries, including 5,960 informal investors, we report drivers for the four types of seed investment. Descriptive …
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The relationship between investment and internal cash flows in VC-backed SMEs : does firm size matter?
Serrasqueiro, Zélia; Sardo, Filipe; Félix, Elisabete … - In: Journal of entrepreneurial finance : JEF ; official … 21 (2019) 1, pp. 38-56
VC-backed SME investment. The moderation effect of VC ownership reduces the magnitudes of the positive impact of cash … analyze the relationship between investment and internal cash flows. The results indicate that the investment sensitivity to … flows and debt as well as the negative effect of growth opportunities on investment in both smaller and larger VC …
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Self-Financing of Traditional and R&D Investments : Evidence from Italian SMEs
Brighi, Paola - 2013
traditional investment self-financing, while no clear statistical evidence is found in the R&D case. Credit rationing is not …
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Does the Financial Crisis Change the Effect of Financing on Investment? Evidence From Private SMEs
Zubair, Siraz - 2020
significant positive relationship with investment during the pre-crisis and post-crisis periods. But, during the crisis period …, internal finance became significantly less influential on investment compared to external finance. The findings of the study …
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How Do Short-term Financial Constraints Affect SMEs’ Long-Term Investment : Evidence from the Working Capital Channel
Nicolas, Theo - 2019
channel: cash credit constraints may force SMEs to forgo investment opportunities in order to finance their working capital … needs. Building on unique indicators of cash and investment credit constraints derived from survey data, I find that: (1 …) short-term credit constraints are as important as long-term ones in SMEs' investment decisions; (2) the detrimental effect …
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Self-financing of traditional and R&D investments : evidence from Italian SMEs
Brighi, Paola; Patuelli, Roberto; Torluccio, Giuseppe - 2012
traditional investment self-financing, while no clear statistical evidence is found in the R&D case. Credit rationing is not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011731350
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Financing high-potential entrepreneurship : government should create an enabling environment-for entrepreneurs and investors-rather than try to pick "winners"
Nanda, Ramana - 2016
Entrepreneurship is essential to job creation and to productivity growth and therefore is an important matter for government policy. However, policymakers face a difficult challenge because successful growth for a few firms-which cannot easily be identified in advance-is accompanied by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011456185
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Small Business Finance in Bangladesh : Can 'Crowdfunding' Be an Alternative?
Adhikary, Bishnu - 2016
This paper unearths a systematic problem in financing the small business firms in Bangladesh with the country's present financial structure, and reviews crowdfunding — a recently developed market-based phenomenon — as an alternative. The paper argues that crowdfunding approach can...
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