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Technology entrepreneurship, ethnicity, and success

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  • Gavious, Ilanit
  • Milo, Orit

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Using a unique dataset of 1,013 new technology projects, we examine the association between ethnic heterogeneity in high-tech entrepreneurship and success. Our focus is on the main challenge facing new technology ventures—commercializing the newly developed product for acceptance in the mainstream market. Our findings establish a positive link between the presence of foreign-born members on the project teams and commercial success. A by-industry analysis reveals that the effect of ethnicity differs among industries. Specifically, the effect ranges from an over 40% increase in the odds of success (in the communications industry) to a non-significant effect (in the life sciences).

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  • Gavious, Ilanit & Milo, Orit, 2020. "Technology entrepreneurship, ethnicity, and success," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 37(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finlet:v:37:y:2020:i:c:s1544612319306397
    DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2019.101373
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    Keywords

    Ethnic diversity; Ethnic heterogeneity; High-technology; R&D project; Success factors; Technology entrepreneurship;
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    JEL classification:

    • M2 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Economics
    • M3 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Marketing and Advertising
    • O3 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights

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