Final evaluation of the growth investment network East Midlands [PDF]
A summative evaluation of the delivery of the Growth Investment Network from October 2004 to March 2010, a network of specialists established by emda to co-ordinate investment activity, collaborate on business deals and provide advice and support to ...
GHK Consulting
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What entrepreneurial decisions enable the breeding of digital platform unicorns?
Abstract Research Summary Digital platforms have revolutionized business sectors; however, despite their significant success, platform unicorns remain rare. While extensive research exists on digital platform growth, it is uncertain what entrepreneurial decisions achieve unicorn status.
Sea Matilda Bez +3 more
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Integrating multimodal data and machine learning for entrepreneurship research
Abstract Research Summary Extant research in neuroscience suggests that human perception is multimodal in nature—we model the world integrating diverse data sources such as sound, images, taste, and smell. Working in a dynamic environment, entrepreneurs are expected to draw on multimodal inputs in their decision making.
Yash Raj Shrestha, Vivianna Fang He
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The power of expressed humility: Early stage investors' reaction to humble entrepreneurs
Abstract Research Summary We examine how entrepreneur‐expressed humility affects early stage investors' willingness to fund new ventures. In pitching contexts where investors rely on relational cues and implicit prototypes of entrepreneurs, we theorize three distinct pathways through which expressed humility shapes funding decisions. First, building on
Laurent Vilanova, Ivana Vitanova
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How does Entrepreneurial Activity Affect the Supply of Business Angels? [PDF]
This paper examines the prevalence and the determinants of informal entrepreneurial investment activity (i.e. the 3 FFFs –friends, fools and family– and business angels), using a data set of more than 175,000 individuals – including some 4000 informal ...
Andrew Burke +3 more
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Framing novelty in crowdfunding: Which words win support, where, and at what stakes
Abstract Research Summary We examine how promotional language (“hype”) in reward‐based crowdfunding is associated with campaign success, and whether those associations vary across sector contexts and with campaign execution burden. Using dictionary‐based text measures from 635 U.S. Kickstarter campaigns across five sectors, we distinguish three novelty‐
Agnieszka Kwapisz
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Abstract Research Summary Financial resource acquisition is crucial for ventures but hindered by uncertainty. While signaling mitigates this uncertainty, its effectiveness hinges on venture novelty and the narratives used to clarify embedded information. Adopting a configurational lens, we examine the interplay among novelty, signals, and narratives in
Jiahe Wang, Lien Denoo, Joris Knoben
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A machine learning-assisted system to predict thyrotoxicosis using patients' heart rate monitoring data: a retrospective cohort study. [PDF]
Shin K +8 more
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Business support institutions and innovation activities of the companies in selected regions of Poland [PDF]
The current innovation of companies is regarded as a complex process, due to this, it is necessary for local governments to stimulate company innovation potential so purpose orientated plans have been implemented to create institutions for business ...
Gorączkowska, Jadwiga +1 more
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Thinking and feeling about novelty: How cognition and emotion shape investment in novel ideas
Abstract While prior research on the strategic framing of innovation highlights the cognitive mechanisms underlying novelty evaluation, we know little about the corresponding emotional mechanisms. Drawing on appraisal theory, construal level theory, and the literature on emotions, we theorize two distinct appraisal‐emotion pathways through which the ...
Matthew P. Mount +3 more
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