 Innovation finance ecosystems for entrepreneurial firms: A conceptual model and research propositionsFarzad Haider Alvi and Klaus Ulrich Journal of Business Research, 2023, vol. 156, issue C Abstract: This paper presents a conceptual model for examining the matching of entrepreneurial firms and sources of finance under conditions of innovation. The model applies to entrepreneurial ecosystems, typically the site for studying venture capital investment in technology start-ups. By delimiting ecosystems along sectoral and temporal dimensions, the model considers a diversity of industry sectors and a diversity of funders, across the early, growth, and mature stages of a firm. The conceptual model suggests that where there might appear to be funding gaps, there could instead be overlaps. Based on the sectoral and temporal dimensions, research propositions are formulated. These propositions outline a research agenda that examines the relationship between innovation and sectoral and temporal dimensions, the impact of innovation on firms and funders, the role of reinvestment into the ecosystem as the lifeblood for a self-reproducing healthy ecosystem, and the possible geographic limitations of ecosystem models. Keywords: Entrepreneurial finance; Innovation finance; Entrepreneurial ecosystems; Incubators; Accelerators (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jbrese:v:156:y:2023:i:c:s0148296322009158 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.113450 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Business Research is currently edited by A. G. Woodside More articles in Journal of Business Research from Elsevier |
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