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Loan availability and investment : can innovative companies better cope with loan denials?
Müller, Elisabeth; Reize, Frank - 2010
This study examines the consequences of loan denials for the investment performance of small and medium-sized German … investment than non-innovative companies. The non-randomness of loan denials is controlled for with a selection equation … mezzanine capital, when facing a loan denial. -- Investment ; loan availability ; innovation ; private equity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003961525
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Venture capital in Europe's common market : a quantitative description
Schertler, Andrea - 2001
This paper offers a quantitative description of European private equity markets and compares the recent development in these markets with the development of the US venture capital market. Moreover, the paper addresses the differences between private equity investors acting in a single national...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476014
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Unemployment in Germany : reasons and remedies
Berthold, Norbert; Fehn, Rainer - 2003
This paper discusses the reasons for the dismal labor market performance of Germany over the last three decades along with potential remedies. It argues that labor market rigidities along with a generous welfare state in conjunction with certain changes in the economic environment are important...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011506205
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The genesis of venture capital : lessons from the German experience
Becker, Ralf; Hellmann, Thomas - 2003
established banks - not to mention government - to devise venture investment strategies. It identifies the availability of high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011506429
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Comparative advantages of public loan and public equity schemes in venture capital markets
Schertler, Andrea - 2002
Using an agency framework, this paper examines advantages of offering venture capitalists a choice between public equity and loan schemes. Both schemes can be used to promote venture capital investments in hightechnology enterprises since they encourage inexperienced venture capitalists to...
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The venture capital divide : Germany and the United States in the post-war era
Fohlin, Caroline - 2016 - Current version: 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011758196
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Do company builders create jobs? : examining the rise of incubation finance in Germany
Scheuplein, Christoph; Kahl, Julian - 2017
Over the past decade, new types of business incubation have been developed. One particularly prominent example is company builders, which use their own resources to build up companies, establishing numerous companies in a series. In doing so, this investor type facilitates internal and external...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011800402
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Höheres Beschäftigungswachstum durch Venture Capital?
Engel, Dirk - 2001
Aufgrund der geringen Eigenkapitalausstattung junger, innovativer und schnell wachsender Unternehmen und erheblicher Unsicherheiten hinsichtlich des Erfolgs der geplanten Investitionen scheidet eine Finanzierung mittels Fremdkapital oftmals aus oder erfolgt nicht in dem Umfang, den die...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011446264
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The genesis of venture capital : lessons from the German experience
Becker, Ralf Michael; Hellmann, Thomas - 2003
established banks - not to mention government - to devise venture investment strategies. It identifies the availability of high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001754905
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The impact of venture capital on firm growth : an empirical investigation
Engel, Dirk - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001651402