I compare a variety of investor types and their impact on new firm invention and innovation. I develop and test hypotheses linking different investor types to new firm outcomes using a novel longitudinal dataset of 198 minimally invasive surgical device firms between 1986 and 2007. I find that...

Studies of multimarket contact typically hypothesize (and find) that the relationship of contact levels between firms and the likelihood of aggressive competitive behaviors is linear and negative. This includes the likelihood of entry moves by multimarket rivals. However, a linear negative...