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This Report was commissioned to identify the importance of business angel investment in the UK, summarise previous approaches to mapping the scale and scope of the business angel market, identify new approaches to measuring business angel activity and assess the implications for policy.A...
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We investigate whether the supply of Venture Capital (VC) in Germany is driven by spatial influences. The study is based on information from more than 300 VC investments made in Germany between 2004 and 2005. We find evidence that the geographical distance between a VC company and the portfolio...
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It is now widely acknowledged that the entrepreneurial capacity in an economy is a key determinant of economic growth and productivity improvements. This paper uses survey data from the 15 EU Member States and the US to establish the effect of demographic and other variables on latent and actual...
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A lot of studies show that business angels have got increased importance for the finance of small and medium-sized enterprises, especially in the English speaking world. But business angels usually offer more than only a financial service in the narrow sense. Business angels can contribute added...
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We investigate the determinants of start-up financing in 41 countries, using theGlobal Entrepreneurship Monitor surveys for 1998-20032. High quality of property rightsincreases both the total volume of finance and the use of external finance for theindividual start-up. The size of the formal...
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Based on 1182 dyads of venture capitalists and German portfolio companies involved ina financing round between 2002 and 2007, we examine the importance of spatialproximity between investors and investees in a dense economy. We find that theprobability of a financing relationship decreases by 8%...
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sind.(2) Selbstständigen-Haushalte tendieren dazu, die Finanzierung von Haushalt und Unternehmen zu vermischen, indem sie … eine wichtige Quelle zur Finanzierung von Unternehmen. Dies hält diese davon ab, eine Kredithistorie aufzubauen und dadurch …
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It is now widely acknowledged that the entrepreneurial capacity in an economy is a key determinant of economic growth and productivity improvements. This paper uses survey data from the 15 EU Member States and the US to establish the effect of demographic and other variables on latent and actual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274310
A survey conducted by the Center for Entrepreneurial and Financial Studies (CEFS) at Technische Universität München in cooperation with the chamber of commerce (IHK) for Munich and Oberbayern showed that mid-sized businesses show great interest in private equity. However, nearly 60% of the 266...
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External finance is central for nascent entrepreneurs, people in the process of starting new ventures. We argue that nascent entrepreneurs use patents and prototypes in order to signal their ability to appropriate the returns from their innovation as well as the project's feasibility. Our...
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