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impacted selection into entrepreneurship. We find that increased entry was concentrated among entrepreneurs whose firms were …
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Entrepreneurship development is the backbone of nation’s economic development. It’s not big giants, large cap companies … who add value to the national wealth but it is entrepreneurship or MSME’s. Contribution of MSME’s in employment generation … entrepreneurs during their journey towards entrepreneurship. Lack of basic infrastructure, skilled manpower, resources and on top of …
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This study contributes to the current body of entrepreneurial finance literature by analyzing multiple aspects of personal guarantees. We conducted a survey yielding 1,462 responses from owners or managers of incorporated small businesses geographically dispersed throughout the United States. Of...
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This paper investigates the influence of social capital on young firms' financing arrangements. Using a sample of U.S. start-ups, I find that social capital, as captured by secular norms and social networks in the entrepreneur's county, increases access to outside financing and reduces reliance...
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Entrepreneurial competencies are capabilities that the business mind people possess to create a new business idea or improve the existing one. Though the direct effect of entrepreneurs' competence on the performance of MSMEs was relatively researched, its mediating effect was not studied well....
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employment in incumbent firms. This questions the effectiveness of policies that promote entrepreneurship to fight crises. We …
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Crowdinvesting emerged recently as an alternative way of funding for start-up projects. Our dataset consists of all pledges made at Companisto, one of the largest crowdinvesting platforms in Europe. Using cluster analysis based on individual investment histories, we find that crowdinvestors...
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The original intention of the government was to provide financial subsidies to firms by implementing innovation support policies. In turn, this will encourage these firms to carry out technological innovation activities. However, there are still differing views in the academic community on...
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Research suggests that public subsidies for newly founded firms have a positive effect on follow-on financing, in particular, Venture Capital (VC). This study differentiates between Government VC, Independent VC, Corporate VC, and Business Angels and shows that public subsidies are not relevant...
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well integrated entrepreneurship and finance journals. Entrepreneurial finance encompasses venture capital, private equity … promising topics for future research. Managerial SummaryWho does research in entrepreneurial finance – entrepreneurship or … segmented by the type of journal, where finance journals are much less likely to refer to entrepreneurship journals …
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