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Lerner, Josh - 2013

We survey the literature on venture capital and institutions and present a case study comparing the development of the venture capital market in the US to Sweden. Our literature survey underscores that the legal environment, financial market development, the tax system, labor market regulations,...

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Does successful innovation require large urban areas? : Germany as a counterexample

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2020

Popular theories claim that innovation activities should be located in large cities because of more favorable environmental conditions that are absent in smaller cities or remote and rural areas. Germany provides a clear counterexample to such theories. We argue that a main force behind the...

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How Does Urban Agglomeration Integration Promote Entrepreneurship in China? Evidence from Regional Human Capital Spillovers and Market Integration

Zheng, Siqi - 2019

-driven entrepreneurship in China. We document strong positive entrepreneurial effects of local human capital resources and market size as well … point to an elasticity of innovation-driven entrepreneurship with respect to human capital spillovers of 0.50-0.79. The … agglomerations in China. We discuss policy implications that concern promotion of local innovation-driven entrepreneurship by …

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Synergizing ventures

Akcigit, Ufuk; Dinlersoz, Emin Murat; Greenwood, Jeremy; … - 2019

Venture capital (VC) and growth are examined both empirically and theoretically. Empirically, VC-backed startups have higher early growth rates and initial patent quality than non-VC-backed ones. VC backing increases a startup's likelihood of reaching the right tails of the firm size and...

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To be financed or not ... : the role of patents for venture capital financing

Häussler, Carolin; Harhoff, Dietmar; Müller, Elisabeth - 2009

This paper investigates how patent applications and grants held by new ventures improve their ability to attract venture capital (VC) financing. We argue that investors are faced with considerable uncer-tainty and therefore rely on patents as signals when trying to assess the prospects of...

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To be financed or not … : the role of patents for venture capital financing

Häussler, Carolin; Harhoff, Dietmar; Müller, Elisabeth - 2009

This paper investigates how patent applications and grants held by new ventures improve their ability to attract venture capital (VC) financing. We argue that investors are faced with considerable uncertainty and therefore rely on patents as signals when trying to assess the prospects of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003848824

How to support cleantech start-ups? : lessons from European venture-capital deals

Köppl-Turyna, Monika; Köppl, Stefan; Christopulos, … - 2023

In this paper we analyze how different types of venture capital investments - private, public and indirect public - affect performance of "cleantech" start-ups in Europe. We hand collected a unique dataset on the institutional setting (public/indirect/private) of almost 15000 investors in...

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The role of foreign venture capital and foreign business angels in start-ups’ early internationalization : the case of Polish ICT start-ups

Bigos, Krystian; Michalik, Adam - In: Entrepreneurial business and economics review : EBER 11 (2023) 4, pp. 139-153

Objective: The objective of the article is to examine the role of foreign venture capital and foreign business angels in companies' early internationalization based on the example of Polish ICT start-ups. Research Design & Methods: We based the scientific argument on an analysis of the existing...

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Meta-analysis of determinants of venture capital activity

Dalal, Adel - In: Entrepreneurial business and economics review : EBER 10 (2022) 1, pp. 113-128

Objective: The objective of the article is to quantitatively systematise the existing literature on country-level venture capital (VC) activity and find the sources of discrepancy in previous studies.Research Design & Methods: This article collects studies that focus on venture investments...

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Risk management in the venture capital industry : managing risk in portfolio companies

Proksch, Dorian; Stranz, Wiebke; Pinkwart, Andreas; … - In: Journal of entrepreneurial finance : JEF ; official … 18 (2016) 2, pp. 1-33

Managing risk is one of the main activities of venture capital companies. Despite the fact that this topic is of high practical relevance, only little research was published on risk management performed by venture capital companies in their ventures. Hence, we conducted a structured literature...

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