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On the structure of the informal venture capital market in Sweden Developing investment roles
, 2008 This paper has two objectives: first, to estimate the size of informal venture capital market in Sweden, and second, to explore the heterogeneity of informal investing behaviour.
Lund University., Avdeitchikova, Sofia,
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen +5 more
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Can the state replace private capital investors? Public financing of venture capital in Hungary [PDF]
It is generally accepted that venture capital exerts a positive influence on economic development, and Hungarian economic policy, too, regards it as a means to accelerate economic growth, enhance the export capacity of companies, improve employment ...
Judit Karsai
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Institutional environment, innovative entrepreneurial entry and venture capital financing [PDF]
, 2009 We analyse the determinants of high growth expectations entrepreneurial entry (HGE) using individual data drawn on working age population, based on the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) surveys for the 1998-2004 period.
Mickiewicz, T. +3 more
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Institutional theory and contracting in venture capital: The Swedish experience
, 2004 This paper tests the tenets of institutional theory by means of an empirical study of the contractual strategies applied in the Swedish venture capital industry.
Landström, Hans +5 more
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Food insecurity and unemployment among immigrants in the United States
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Immigrants can be more vulnerable to economic downturns and, during periods of economic hardship, more likely to experience food insecurity compared to natives. This study examines the differential effect of the unemployment rate on the probability of being food insecure among diverse groups of immigrant households relative to natives in the ...
Siwen Zhou +3 more
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Economic Geography, Venture Capital and Focal Points of Entrepreneurial Activity [PDF]
Economic geography receives limited consideration in the venture capital literature. This study utilizes thirty years of data concerning companies that initially were backed by venture capital.
Yochanan Shachmurove
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The role of venture‐financed startups in innovation for US agriculture
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract To evaluate the role played by startup companies in the innovation ecosystem of US agriculture, we compile a unique dataset of 6024 new entrants founded 1987–2019 that details their financing lifecycles, annual economic performance, and patenting activities.
Gregory D. Graff +2 more
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GROWTH AND VENTURE CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN TECHNOLOGY-BASED SMALL FIRMS THE CASE OF HUNGARY [PDF]
Annals of the University of Oradea: Economic Science, 2014 Venture capital backed enterprises represent a low proportion of companies, even of innovative ones. The research question was, whether these companies have an important role in innovation and economic growth in Hungary compared to other countries.
Becsky Nagy Patricia, , ,
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Taxes and Venture Capital Support [PDF]
In this paper we set up a model of start-up finance under double moral hazard. Entrepreneurs lack own resources and business experience to develop their ideas. Venture capitalists can provide start-up finance and commercial support.
Søren Bo Nielsen, Christian Keuschnigg
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