Fin vs. tech: are trust and knowledge creation key ingredients in fintech start-up emergence and financing?

Theodor Florian Cojoianu (), Gordon L. Clark (), Andreas G. F. Hoepner (), Vladimir Pažitka () and Dariusz Wójcik ()
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Theodor Florian Cojoianu: University College Dublin
Gordon L. Clark: Oxford University
Andreas G. F. Hoepner: University College Dublin
Vladimir Pažitka: Oxford University
Dariusz Wójcik: Oxford University

Small Business Economics, 2021, vol. 57, issue 4, No 6, 1715-1731

Abstract: Abstract We investigate how the emergence of fintech start-ups and their financing is shaped by regional knowledge creation and lack of trust in financial services incumbents across 21 OECD countries, 226 regions and over the 2007–2014 period. We find that knowledge generated in the IT sector is much more salient for fostering new fintech start-ups than knowledge generated in the financial services sector. Additionally, the importance of new knowledge created in the financial services sector (IT sector) increases (decreases) as fintech start-ups grow and seek financing. When the level of trust in financial services incumbents falls within a region, this is followed by an increase in the financing provided to fintech start-ups. Nevertheless, regions with historically low average levels of trust in financial services incumbents attract less fintech investment overall.

Keywords: Fintech; Entrepreneurship; Knowledge spillovers; Trust; Venture capital; Innovation; G20; G24; L26; O30; O31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/s11187-020-00367-3

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