This article uses an original dataset of 102 countries which uniquely enable us to distinguish between high-tech and low-tech entrepreneurs to examine the dissociative interplay between corruption, democracy, and the two kinds of entrepreneurship. Existing literature has demonstrated that...

Through a microeconomic analysis of companies in Israel?'s Venture Capital (vc) industry this paper aims to contribute to the discussion of targeted policies directed to the emergence of new industries, particularly but not only Venture Capital and High Tech industries. It integrates a...

The last decade has seen the development of a new support infrastructure in the entrepreneurial ecosystem: the startup accelerator. Accelerators offer a structured developmental process that includes an educational component, a bundle of networks and intensive mentorship. Despite the central...

In the last decade, the entrepreneurial ecosystem has seen the emergence of a new support infrastructure – the startup accelerator. These programs offer a structured developmental process to novice entrepreneurs and their startups. Although mentoring is a central aspect of most accelerators,...

This study was driven by an initial finding that female founders’ participation rates in Israeli accelerators are significantly higher (15.3%) than their participation rate in the Israeli startup sector (7.4%). Linking accelerators’ design to the known barriers for female entrepreneurship,...

During the growth phase of every venture capita (VC) business cycle, it seems as though both local and national governments in various countries initiate policies aimed at establishing VC industries as part of a high-technology economic development strategy. It is remarkable how each time there...