of the literature has focused on a relatively narrow type of innovation (i.e. technological innovation), and has instead … paid less attention to hard-to-measure yet important components of the innovation process (e.g., managerial innovation …

innovation in entrepreneurial firms. Using the NBER Patent Citation database, we find that CVCs help their portfolio firms … achieve a higher degree of innovation productivity, as measured by their patenting, although these firms are younger, riskier … model to analyze the mechanisms through which CVCs nurture innovation to a greater extent than IVCs, and test the …

This article investigates how access to external financing for innovation activities is affected by firm … capital to fund innovation projects. Yet, there is little known about how different combinations of these characteristics … their access to external innovation finance. In line with earlier research we find that indeed the type of innovation …

This dissertation explores the relation between venture capital and innovation. There are three main findings. First … appears to occur at the expense of innovation quality. Second, venture capital funding increases the diffusion of companies …

innovation. I first provide novel estimates that strategic alliances have 6% to 11% higher overall innovative success rates …