Smart and sustainable bioeconomy platform: A new approach towards Sustainability

G D'Amico, K Szopik-Depczyńska, R Beltramo… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The smart and sustainable bioeconomy represents a comprehensive perspective, in which
economic, social, environmental, and technological dimensions are considered …

Does patenting always help new firm survival? Understanding heterogeneity among exit routes

M Kato, K Onishi, Y Honjo - Small business economics, 2022 - Springer
While patents are a valuable resource ensuring the competitive advantage of firms, there is
limited evidence on the role of patents in the survival and exit strategies of new firms. To fill …

Do exploration and exploitation in university research drive early-stage equity financing of university spin-offs?

D Hahn, T Minola, S Vismara, D Agyare - Small Business Economics, 2024 - Springer
An emerging theme in the entrepreneurial university (EU) literature is how universities
should evolve to best reconcile their different missions, particularly research and …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of founders' human capital on initial capital structure: Evidence from Japan

Y Honjo - Technovation, 2021 - Elsevier
This study explores how start-up firms raise funds at founding. Using a data set of firms
founded in the manufacturing, and information and communications technology sectors of …

The moderating effect of audit quality on the links between stock market segmentations, surplus free cash flow, and income-increasing discretionary accruals

AA Toumeh, S Yahya, MM Yassin… - … , Business and Finance …, 2021 - ro.uow.edu.au
The objective of this paper is to examine the impacts of stock market segmentations (SMS)
and surplus free cash flow (SFCF) on income-increasing discretionary accruals. The study …

Venture capital investment in university spin-offs: Evidence from an emerging economy

XM Fu, RT Harrison, DF Li - Journal of Corporate Finance, 2022 - Elsevier
From a policy perspective, university spin-offs (USOs) with venture capital (VC) investment
are most promising because they are growth-oriented and contribute most prominently to …

Getting off to a good start: emerging academic fields and early-stage equity financing

CD Esposito, B Szatmari, JMC Sitruk… - Small Business …, 2024 - Springer
Prior studies show that access to academic knowledge plays a crucial role in new venture
financing. We extend this research by shifting the focus from the access to academic …

Are founder-CEOs resilient to crises? The impact of founder-CEO succession on new firm survival

Y Honjo, M Kato - International Small Business Journal, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This article explores whether new firms managed by founder-chief executive officers (CEOs)
are more likely to survive than those managed by successor-CEOs in times of crisis …

The link between entrepreneurship and informal investment: An international comparison

Y Honjo, H Nakamura - Japan and the World Economy, 2020 - Elsevier
This study explores the link between entrepreneurship and informal investment. Using
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor data, we examine what types of individuals invest in new …

Public or perish? From founding to initial public offering

Y Honjo - Review of Managerial Science, 2021 - Springer
We examine the factors affecting the time to initial public offering (IPO), using a sample of
more than 10,000 start-up firms in Japan. We provide evidence that start-up firms engaging …