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Showing 1 to 20 of 124 for “"Start-ups"”.
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Acquisition of medical device start-ups
… is a critical factor that enables small start-ups to develop new technologies without a viable revenue stream to support the necessary R&D expenditure. In the medical device space, it has been noted that Venture Capital firms (VC's) use high risk capital to invest in early stage …
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Business start-ups and the effect of coaching programs
… and promoting entrepreneurial activities. Start-up subsidies, which have been analyzed extensively, only aim at mitigating the lack of financial capital. However, some entrepreneurs also lack in human, social, and managerial capital. One way to address these shortcomings is by subsidizing …
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Entrepreneurship and environments: start-ups, growth aspirations, and exit
At the start of the twentieth century, Schumpeter (1908; 1912) postulated the basis for a potential revolution in economics by arguing that the entrepreneur acts as the underlying force of economic growth. Despite Schumpeter’s contribution, the central role of entrepreneurship has only been …
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THE ENTREPRENEURIAL TEAM AND EARLY STAGE SUCCESS OF START-UPS
… and approach taken in investigating technology start-ups, and, in the future, could also assist in setting up a base for a more automated and standardized investment decision process for start-ups.
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Influence of incubation hubs on start-ups in Harare, Zimbabwe
Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy in Management Sciences Specialising in Business Administration, Durban University of Technology, Durban. South Africa, 2021.
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Faculty as founder? : an examination of faculty's role in biomedical start-ups
Executive Summary: In this thesis, I examine faculty inventors' involvement in university spin-off firms formed to commercialize their inventions. In particular, I analyze the association between a faculty inventor's various roles in commercializing his/her invention and the performance of the …
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Innovative Digital Start-Ups and their Venture Creation Process with Enabling Digital Platforms
Start-ups have gained media attention since Google, Facebook and Amazon were launched in the 1990s. The book Lean Start-up, published in 2011, was another important milestone for digital start-up literature. As unicorn companies emerge around the world, topics highlighted in the news include the …
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The impact of leverage on firm performance: evidence from start- ups in Swedan
… the impact of leverage on the performance of start‐ups within Sweden's dynamic entrepreneurial ecosystem. Given that fewer than 20% of Swedish start‐ups survive beyond their first decade, the challenges of early-stage financing are particularly acute. Drawing on classical frameworks—namely the …
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The role of venture capitalists in financing and developing high-technology start-ups
… between venture capitalists (VCs) and start-up development through three essays. A common theme is that VCs serve important extra-financial and information brokering roles. In the first essay, using the setting of entrepreneurs obtaining financing from VCs, I empirically evaluate a …
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Integrated method to create optimal dynamic strategic plans for corporate technology start-ups
… them, management can increase the value of the start-up technology. The method builds on extensive literature in corporate venture capital (CVC), opportunity identification, and opportunity development, to present a new integrated approach that: 1. Explicitly identifies the synergies between an …
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A business plan for StartupChina / an incubator for Chinese E-commerce start-ups
StartupChina is a Business Accelerator for e-commerce startups in China focusing on B2B opportunities and technology companies that support the e-commerce revolution. The key to understanding StartupChina's opportunity is to examine the current divide separating the venture capital community from …
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Designing a dynamic sustainable system: 7 strategies to empower fashion SMEs and start-ups
… centered design approach of problem-solving that starts with people and ends with innovative solutions that are relevant and tailor-made for their needs and can go a long way into building a design led strategy/solution. I strongly believe design to be a revolutionary tool, designers work in many …
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Control of flash gas bypass mac system with emphasis on start-ups and transients
… of FGB system and dynamic behavior during start-ups and transients were not yet clearly defined and investigated. In this paper, a novel control strategy has been proposed for an automobile air conditioning system operating in flash gas bypass mode with R134a as the refrigerant. This …
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Growth strategies : how software start-ups can leverage alliances, acquisitions, IPOs and venture capital
… of the different factors impacting a software start-up company's decision to pursue an alliance, acquisition, IPO or venture capital to sustain growth is the main objective of this research study. First and foremost on a software start-up company's list of reasons to pursue and engage in …
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TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AS NARRATIVE AND MORAL PRACTICE. CULTIVATING RESPONSIBLE INNOVATION IN AI-DRIVEN START-UPS
… firms, can be applied to the context of start-ups, where resource constraints and uncertainty about the final technological product make ethical assessment more difficult. The research unfolds through the analysis of the concept of responsibility in the innovation context and in the field …
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Metodología para el análisis y evaluación del estado de start ups incorporando el concepto de sostenibilidad
Una start up es una idea de negocio con alto margen de incertidumbre que se caracteriza por la rápida velocidad en que se desarrolla, el potencial alto de escalabilidad y repetitividad que tiene frente a negocios tradicionales. Este proyecto presenta una metodología de análisis y evaluación …
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Four Essays on Digital Transformation Strategies from the Perspectives of Capital Markets, Incumbents and Start-ups
… perspectives of capital markets, incumbents, and start-ups. It focuses on a better understanding of (1) digital innovations and their quantitative evaluation, (2) power disruptions in digitally servitized supply chains, (3) strategic measures and dynamics in digital B2B platform markets, and (4) …
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The risk appetite of development finance institutions (DFIs) and funding for start-ups in South Africa
… with regard to funding SMEs, specifically startups. The study's findings reveal that South African DFI's have a high to extremely high-risk appetite level and that state-owned DFI's, NEF and SEFA have a higher risk appetite for funding SMEs specifically startup related loan products than …
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Employment system mental models in organisation building : founder’s mental models of employment in New Zealand biotechnology start-ups
… and employment demands of biotechnology start-ups. While there have been several studies investigating the organisation and building of the employment system of entrepreneurial firms (e.g., Burton, 1995), our understanding of the role founders play in building of the employment system …
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