Financing innovation: A bibliometric analysis of the field |
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| Authors: | Ana Milena Padilla-Ospina Javier Enrique Medina-Vásquez Jorge Alberto Rivera-Godoy |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Management and Organizations, Facultas de Ciencias de la Administración, Universidad del Valle, Colombia;2. Department of Accounting and Finance, Facultad de Ciencias de la Administración, Universidad del Valle, Colombia |
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| Abstract: | This article presents a bibliometric analysis of the financing of innovation during the period 2001–2016. Among the most prominent journals in the field are Research Policy, Technovation and Small Business Economics; among the most influential authors are Petersen, Hall, Himmelberg, Lerner and Brown; and the most connected documents are those by Hall (2002) and Brown, Fazzari, and Petersen (2009). The field is fragmented and uses a variety of financial theoretical models. Salient topics in the field are financial constraints, funding sources (internal and external), capital structure, venture capital and financing of technology companies. |
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| Keywords: | Bibliometric analysis financing innovation Web of Science |
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