. We find that entrepreneurs in growth-oriented startups have had typically already some experience from being an …

a few percent of startups get venture capital investments or public innovation subsidies. …In this study, we analyze the characteristics and development of Finnish startups based on firm-level data available in … public databases. By startups we refer to young, small, and independent firms holding basic elements for growth. Some 4 000 …

a relevant field, they are more innovation-oriented, and they have higher initial growth aspirations. Their businesses …

The impact of innovation on firm performance has been a matter of significant interest to economists and policy makers … for decades. Although innovation is generally regarded as a means of improving the competitiveness of firms and their … increased productivity. Therefore, in recent years, the relationship between innovation and firm performance has been modelled …

Department for Human Capital and Innovation. It was completed in June 2014 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of …

-taking, operating performance and innovation activity of superstars' competitors as potential channels for this positive performance … potentially increases their rent seeking profits. In the third paper, Are There Peer Effects In Innovation?, we investigate how … companies react to their peers' innovation activities, such as new patents. Exploiting exogenous …