We study a model of network formation and start-up financing with endogenous entrepreneurial type distribution. A hub … firm admits members to its network based on signals about entrepreneurs' types. Network membership is observable, which … allows lenders to offer different interest rates to network and stand-alone entrepreneurs. We show that a network outcome can …

the said assumption. The paper concludes advocating the encouragement to cooperate both within the local network area and …

first export operations characterized by a narrow geographical scope of their exports. We find SME export growth to be … driven by a small group of born global firms, accounting for 60 per cent of the total increase in SME exports between 1998 …

In this paper we compare the patterns of trade and financial integration by exploiting network analysis. Our results … show that, by combining binary and weighted network analysis, it is possible to deliver more precise and thorough insights … central ones and use them as hubs to access the rest of the network. …

We study the community structure of the multi-network of commodity-specific trade relations among world countries over … aggregation of very diverse commodity-specific layers of the multi network. We also show that commodity-specific community …

Wissenstransferaktivitäten von schwerpunktmäßig kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (KMU) in der Region Jena. Die Studie konzentriert sich auf drei …-sized enterprises (SME) in and closely around Jena (Thuringia). The study focuses on three aspects: How do the different channels used … contacts face-to-face areessential for the success of these relations. Although the regional SME collaborate with numerous …

economy, and then examines their empirical importance using recent evidence on the internationalisation patterns of Finnish …

Much of the recent evidence on the internationalisation patterns of Finnish MNEs has come from analyses of the Top 30 …-grained measure of internationalisation in future studies that examine for example the effects of internationalisation on the home …