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AceSearcher: Bootstrapping Reasoning and Search for LLMs via Reinforced Self-Play
arXiv.orgSearch-augmented LLMs often struggle with complex reasoning tasks due to ineffective multi-hop retrieval and limited reasoning ability. We propose AceSearcher, a cooperative self-play framework that trains a single large language model (LLM) to alternate
Ran Xu +9 more
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Bootstrap financing and owners’ perceptions of their business constraints and opportunities
Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 2005In this paper we present the results of a regional survey of small business entrepreneurs that asked about the use of and motivation for bootstrap financing – employing resources other than traditional financing to fund operations. Extending the work of Winborg and Landstrom (2000) our results indicate that perceived risk is highly associated with ...
Richard B. Carter, Howard Van Auken
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International Journal of Business and Technopreneurship
Accessing credit from the conventional banks has been one of the major challenges of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in achieving their goals and objectives. This has made SMEs not able to achieve their operational objectives from time to time,
A. Elegunde +2 more
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Accessing credit from the conventional banks has been one of the major challenges of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in achieving their goals and objectives. This has made SMEs not able to achieve their operational objectives from time to time,
A. Elegunde +2 more
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AN EXAMINATION OF SMALL FIRM BOOTSTRAP FINANCING AND USE OF DEBT
Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, 2012This study examines the relationships between entrepreneurs' use of bootstrap financing methods and access to short- and long-term debt capital. By providing additional funding options, bootstrap financing helps alleviate liquidity issues by providing small firms additional sources of capital when more traditional sources are not accessible.
LYNN NEELY, HOWARD VAN AUKEN
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International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy
Despite its limited resources, Bangladesh currently faces the challenge of minimizing the detrimental consequences of climate change and climate hazards while simultaneously fulfilling its obligations for climate change adaptation.
Rabiul Islam +5 more
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Despite its limited resources, Bangladesh currently faces the challenge of minimizing the detrimental consequences of climate change and climate hazards while simultaneously fulfilling its obligations for climate change adaptation.
Rabiul Islam +5 more
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International Journal of Business Environment, 2019
This study evaluates how the use of financial bootstrapping - i.e., cash management techniques which are linked to the exploitation of different networks - and human capital components impact employment growth of small and medium-sized enterprises.
Krisztina Horváth
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This study evaluates how the use of financial bootstrapping - i.e., cash management techniques which are linked to the exploitation of different networks - and human capital components impact employment growth of small and medium-sized enterprises.
Krisztina Horváth
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The Relationship Between Owner Characteristics and Use of Bootstrap Financing Methods
Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, 2009Abstract Bootstrap finance methods are important to small firms because these techniques provide access to capital, appeal to funding preferences, are widely-used, and are often cost-effective. Despite the wide use of bootstrap financing methods among small firms, little is known about the relationship between owner traits and bootstrap financing. This
Lynn Neeley, Howard Van Auken
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Typologies of bootstrap financing behavior in small ventures
Venture Capital, 2013Bootstrapping behavior in small ventures is examined in this study through a prism of typologies to advance our understanding of entrepreneurial behavior. Based on a survey of 91 entrepreneurs in small ventures and interviews with 10 entrepreneurs, this study develops a taxonomy of strategies for bootstrapping behavior and explores the strategies ...
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The Trimmed Bootstrap: An Empirical Simulation Technique for Pension Finance Researchers
The Journal of Retirement, 2017Different variations of the Efron [1979] bootstrap have become popular tools for simulating retirement outcomes. However, to date, no study has examined their accuracy when they are used to simulate retirement outcomes. We test the accuracy of the competing bootstrap methods through a series of out-of-sample tests.
Doran, Brett, Bornholt, Graham
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Bootstrap Simulations for Finance Portfolio
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2009In this paper we present Markowitz finance portfolio theory and efficient frontier with no bootstrap simulation , with single ordinary bootstrap and finally with double bootstrap simulation and we conclude that there are significant differences between those estimations.
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