There is a wide gap between the wealth of different types of social business support organizations in practice and the academic description of this reality. While social entrepreneurship in general is a growing field and continuous to attract research attention, the description, let alone...

A long and rich research tradition exists on the phenomenon of business incubators since this kind of venture support institution first emerged. One can observe an increasing heterogeneity of incubation beyond the traditional mainstream focus on regional development and university-based...

This dissertation sheds light on how the categorical fit between venture capitalists and startups affect the matching process before a funding round. The study uses market categories to measure new venture’s distinctiveness and the cultural distance between venture capitalists and new...

Introduction -- Part I. Theory -- Crowdfunding and Higher Education: beyond raising funds, a new path to outreach? -- Crowdfunding for Science and Teaching in Higher Education: Status Quo and Research Agenda -- Mapping the Knowledge of Scientific Research on Education Crowdfunding -- Teaching...

How does the social capital of venture capitalists (VCs) affect the funding of start-ups? Extant entrepreneurship literature conceptualizes a substitute effect between the social and financial capital that new firms attain from their investors. On the contrary, by building on the rich social...