Die Gründungs- und Wachstumsfinanzierung umfaßt eine Vielzahl von Maßnahmen, die den Unternehmensaufbau- und frühen Expansionsprozeß vor allem junger, innovativer Unternehmen begleitet. Der erste Hauptteil des Werkes enthält

This paper provides a policy-oriented summary of the econometric study commissioned by the European Court of Auditors, in the context of its audit of EU-funded loan guarantee instruments.2 The study assesses the real performance effects of EU-guaranteed loans to SMEs disbursed in France during...

The recent financial crisis and the subsequent economic downturn are undoubtedly the most important global events affecting modern economic systems since the Great Depression of 1930s. Up to now ideas from strategic management theories on why and how some firms have handled the global crisis...

We investigate the implications of venture capital (VC) investor type (government or private) on the operating efficiency of a sample of 515 Belgian portfolio firms up to 3 years after the investment. We find that the government VC-backed firms display significant reductions in productivity. No...