Nicola Del Sarto, Elisa Bocchialini, Lorenzo Gai, Federica Ielasi
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Abstract
University spin-offs (USOs) often face difficulties obtaining bank loans due to the perceived riskiness of their technologies. This study investigates the role of venture capitalists (VCs) and university ownership in facilitating bank debt for USOs, focusing on their impact on access to long-term financing. Using a fixed-effect panel data model on 1594 Italian USOs between 2012 and 2022, the findings indicate that VC support enhances access to bank loans, particularly long-term ones. Moreover, the presence of university equity ownership further strengthens the effect of VC support by serving as an additional positive signal to banks. The results highlight the synergistic role of VCs and universities in increasing the creditworthiness of spin-offs. This study contributes to entrepreneurial finance and academic entrepreneurship by showing that the combination of VC and university involvement significantly improves access to bank debt, thereby promoting the sustainable growth of university spin-offs.
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Small Business Economics: An Entrepreneurship Journal (SBEJ) publishes original, rigorous theoretical and empirical research addressing all aspects of entrepreneurship and small business economics, with a special emphasis on the economic and societal relevance of research findings for scholars, practitioners and policy makers.
SBEJ covers a broad scope of topics, ranging from the core themes of the entrepreneurial process and new venture creation to other topics like self-employment, family firms, small and medium-sized enterprises, innovative start-ups, and entrepreneurial finance. SBEJ welcomes scientific studies at different levels of analysis, including individuals (e.g. entrepreneurs'' characteristics and occupational choice), firms (e.g., firms’ life courses and performance, innovation, and global issues like digitization), macro level (e.g., institutions and public policies within local, regional, national and international contexts), as well as cross-level dynamics.
As a leading entrepreneurship journal, SBEJ welcomes cross-disciplinary research.
Officially cited as: Small Bus Econ
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