The present study seeks to explore the concept of “smart economy” through the definition of the smart city. It also presents smart city subsystems and the smart city model. It focuses on smart and creative startups within the smart city m...
Equity funding is a widespread financing form that often accompanies the life cycle of innovative ventures from initial stages until maturity. From the perspective of investors, the event defining the success of an equity financing operation is the e...
The distribution and deployment of energy storage systems on a larger scale will be a key element of successfully managing the sustainable energy transition by balancing the power generation capability and load demand. In this context, it is crucial...
This paper studies the difference between startup investments by private equity funds (buyout funds; PE) and venture capital funds (VC). PEs, which have traditionally invested in mature companies, have been increasingly investing in later-stage start...
29 July 2020
Digital technologies are key resources for entrepreneurial activities and there is great interest in digital entrepreneurship. While much research has focused on the role of digital technologies in entrepreneurship and how they are shaping the field,...
Early survival is critical for sustainable startups to deliver environmental and social value, yet evidence on its predictors is limited. Drawing on resource-based and institutional perspectives, this study examines 140 university-affiliated green st...
Considering the current prediction from the Food and Agriculture Organization, food production needs an increase of over 70 percent by 2050, and the agriculture sector requires a boost that is also obtained by integrating novelty technologies and met...
Sustainable entrepreneurship is venturing to shift business practices towards environmental and social sustainability. It gained popularity worldwide, particularly in the US, due to promoting regulations for some sustainability areas, the high availa...
The study examines the crisis resilience of startup companies in Hungary among the Visegrad countries as a result of the pandemic situation. It aims to provide guidance on what support is needed for startups in the post-crisis period to re-launch the...
This study empirically investigates the determinants of financial success for startups engaged in impact versus conventional investment, performing a landscape analysis of the MENA region’s financial ecosystem. Using the total equity funding am...
8 July 2025
Prior research has focused on the technical and institutional challenges of blockchain adoption. However, little is known about how blockchain ventures claim categorical space in the market and how such domain positioning influences their visibility...
Accurately predicting the success of startup financing is critical for strategic business planning and informed investor decision-making. Traditional financing prediction models typically focus on a company’s financial indicators to explore the...