This study determines the role of different modes of financing in shaping firms' startup size decision. According to the principal hypothesis, the greater the startup's access to bank loans and external private equity, the larger the startup will be. It is also hypothesized that the positive...

This study compares the relative importance of fourteen sources of product and process innovations based on responses by 235 professional R&D workers in small and large technology-based firms. Participants included 121 R&D engineers working in SMEs and 114 engineers working in large firms, all...