The Organization of the Innovation Industry: Entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists and Oligopolists
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The Organization of the Innovation Industry: Entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists, and Oligopolists
Date Written: January 2006
Abstract
Exit of venture-backed firms often takes place through sales to large incumbent firms. We show that in such an environment, venture-backed firms have a stronger incentive to develop basic innovations into commercialized innovations than incumbent firms, due to strategic product market effects. This will increase the price for basic innovations, thereby triggering more such innovations by entrepreneurs. Consequently, a venture capital market implies that more innovations are created, and that these become better developed. Moreover, we show that to exist in equilibrium, venture capitalist must be substantially more efficient, otherwise incumbents will preempt venture capitalists entering the market by acquiring basic innovations.
Keywords: Acquisitions, entrepreneurship, innovation, venture capital
JEL Classification: G24, L1, L2, M13, O3
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