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Start-up subsidies play an important role in supporting start-up innovation and performance. However, what characteristics help and hinder start-ups to seek start-up subsidies remains unclear. We study whether and how founder personality, as captured by the big five personality traits and...
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In the attempt to boost innovation, policy-makers have enacted a myriad of programs targeting innovative start-ups in recent years. Empirical evidence on these initiatives has almost exclusively focused on national-level programs, overlooking those implemented at the local level. This paper...
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Given the sizeable amount of public investments in venture capital (VC) in many countries, an emerging empirical literature investigates the impact of government venture funds on firm performance. We reassess the key findings of this literature using a new database on innovative start-ups and VC...
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In his book, 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams: Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed … limited role in spurring innovation and entrepreneurship. Government initiatives are usually characterized by poor design and …
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We provide evidence on the value of patents to startups by leveraging the quasi-random assignment of applications to examiners with different propensities to grant patents. Using unique data on all first-time applications filed at the U.S. Patent Office since 2001, we find that startups that win...
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So Disparate Opportunities and Challenges for Majors and Start-Ups -- Entrepreneurship and Economic Resilience in Times …: Reflecting on the Future of Entrepreneurship Research: Diversity and Impact After the COVID-19 Crisis -- Dreaming of a Different … for Entrepreneurship: Moving the Digital Way Forward After the COVID-19 Crisis -- Entrepreneurial Intention of Dutch …
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The COVID-19 pandemic brought about a shift in entrepreneurial opportunities in theUnited States. In this paper, we proxy entrepreneurial processes by examining housing prices indifferent regions of the United States. Housing prices capture the movement in people, taxdynamics, and behavioral...
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COVID-19 brought about a shift in entrepreneurial opportunities and in the United States. In this paper, we proxy entrepreneurial processes by examining housing prices in different regions of the United States. Housing prices capture the movement in people, tax dynamics, and behavioral...
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