Purpose – This paper studies factors that affect the success of technology parks in terms of fostering entrepreneurial firm formation, growth and financing. Design/methodology/Approach – Based on a new international dataset of technology parks (“tech parks”) from 13 countries (8...

In this paper, we examine stock exchange trading rules for market manipulation, insider trading, and broker-agency conflict, across countries and over time, in 42 stock exchanges around the world. Some stock exchanges have extremely detailed rules that explicitly prohibit specific manipulative...

We review statistical methods used to estimate the impact of crowding out of private venture capital by government venture capital. We review three types of failures that have plagued the venture capital literature and resulted in policy implications that are precisely the opposite of what the...