Fostering Entrepreneurship: Promoting Founding or Funding?
Thomas Hellmann (thomas.hellmann@sbs.ox.ac.uk) and
Veikko Thiele
Management Science, 2019, vol. 67, issue 6, 2502-2521
Abstract:
Governments across the globe are eager to foster entrepreneurial ecosystems, yet there is no consensus on what policies to use. We develop a theory about the equilibrium consequences of two canonical types of entrepreneurship policies: policies that encourage entrepreneurs to found new ventures and policies that encourage investors to fund new ventures. We distinguish between a short-term impact on current market activity versus a long-term impact on future activity. Investing in entrepreneurial ventures requires tacit knowledge that is mainly acquired through prior entrepreneurial experience, implying that the supply of capital depends on successful entrepreneurs from prior generations. Recognizing this intergenerational linkage has a profound impact on the market equilibrium and the effect of entrepreneurship policies. Our analysis identifies a rationale for using funding polices. The online appendix is available at https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2018.3074 . This paper was accepted by Ashish Arora, entrepreneurship and innovation.
Keywords: entrepreneurship; angel investors; start-ups; government policies; ecosystem; overlapping generations; steady state (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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