Financial signaling by innovative nascent ventures: The relevance of patents and prototypes

Research Policy

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1407-1421

  Audretsch, David B ^a   Bönte, Werner ^b   Mahagaonkar, Prashanth ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Finance; Information asymmetries; Innovation

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIABILITY; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; INFORMATION ASYMMETRY; PATENT APPLICATIONS; POTENTIAL INVESTORS; VENTURE CAPITALISTS;

FINANCE; INNOVATION; INVESTMENTS;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 84865240396     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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