This paper reviews the evidence on financing technology-based small firms (TBSFs) in
Europe. European TBSFs finance new investments by relying primarily on internal funds …

The extent to which firms can react creatively to rather than adjust passively against new
techniques and practices is dependent on their command of technological knowledge and …

University is becoming a cornerstone of the new emerging mode of governance of the
generation and dissemination of knowledge as it reveals remarkable institutional …

This process is both extensive and intensive. Extensive because life as a whole, in its
singularity, becomes an object of exploitation, even in its simple everyday life. New …

This paper addresses the commercialisation decisions of research-based spin-off firms
(RBSOs), focusing on the case of companies specialising in the production and sale of …

Complexity is emerging as a new unifying theory to understand endogenous change and
transformation across a variety of disciplines, ranging from mathematics and physics to …

The monetary theory of production offers a systemic approach to describe systemic crises,
but, faced with contemporary capitalism, it needs to be modified. In accordance with the …

In this paper we articulate and test the hypothesis that TFP is a reliable and relevant
measure of firm's innovation capabilities, and, as such, accounts for Tobin'sq indicator. With …

While the value of patents is documented widely for technology ventures, whether retail
ventures can improve their survival odds from patents, copyrights or trademarks remains …

Using a comprehensive database of 40 countries: the OECD country-members plus
Argentina, China, Romania, Russian Federation, Singapore and South Africa, from 1998 to …