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Our Economics Letters paper https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2024.111941 on equity funded firms is now available online. This paper with and looks at the use of guaranteed loans by potential high growth firms during the Covid period. Equity financing serves as a crucial mechanism for
Read moreOur recently published study with Dr Paul Lavery in the Journal of Corporate Finance https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2024.102641 investigates the performance of private equity (PE)-backed companies during the COVID-19 pandemic, revealing their greater resilience compared to closely matched industry counterparts. However, the superior performance was
Read moreOur recent paper on entrepreneurial finance is published in Economics Letters. Our results corroborate the hypothesis that investor involvement through oversight and imparting expertise augments the likelihood of favourable outcomes. This is particularly evident in high technology sectors. We observe
Read moreResearch Paper The Productivity Puzzle. What’s Driving UK Under-Investment? Our recently published paper (with Marc Cowling) in the British Journal of Management analyses firm financing and investment decisions. There is a significant knowledge gap regarding small owner-managed firms that rely primarily on
Read moreDr Paul Lavery (Glasgow University), Prof Nick Wilson: We study the performance of PE-backed companies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our findings suggest that PE-backed firms’ sales, employment, and earnings were more resilient compared to closely matched industry peers during the
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