Evolving Business Models to Support the Growth of Technology-based Start-up Firms

Gender Differences in Business Success of German Start-up Firms

Big Data for Big Business? A Taxonomy of Data-driven Business Models used by Start-up Firms

This paper reports a study which provides a series of implications that may be particularly helpful to companies already leveraging ‘big data’ for their businesses or planning to do so. The Data Driven Business Model (DDBM) framework represents a basis for the analysis and clustering of business models. For practitioners the dimensions and various features may provide guidance on possibilities ...

Decision tree-based technology credit scoring for start-up firms: Korean case

Various types of Technology Credit Guarantees (TCGs) have been issued to support technology development of start-up firms. Technology evaluation has become a critical part of TCG system. However, general technology credit scoring models have not been applied reflecting the special phenomena of start-ups, which are distinguishable from those of established firms. Furthermore, somewhat complicate...

Studying the process of transformation of the start-up to the academic spin off

At todaychr('39')s universities, we are witnessing the emergence of startup companies by the startup teams by student and academic teams; unfortunately, most startups face barriers to success. On the one hand, one of the new topics entering the fourth-generation universities and can be a good target for the future of the startups; the existence of academic spin-offs, centered around scholars...

Female Hires and the Success of Start-up Firms

Female Hires and the Success of Start-up Firms In this paper we investigate the relationship between females among the first hires of start-up companies and business success. Our results show that firms with female first hires have a higher share of female workers at the end of the first year after entry. Further, we find that firms with female first hires are more successful and stay longer in...