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European scale-up gap - Too few good companies or too few good investors?

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  • Federica AMBROSIO

    (European Commission)

  • Andrea BRASILI

    (European Commission)

  • Konstantinos NIAKAROS

    (European Commission)

Abstract

Start-up and scale-up firms are key drivers in promoting innovation and fostering a competitive economy. While there is evidence that the European ecosystem for start-ups has improved, the scale-up gap between the European Union (EU) and the United States (US) remains large. We analyse the reasons behind this gap and we focus on the supply side. We find access to finance is paramount for the existence and the size of scale-ups in EU, even after controlling for other supply factors, such as skilled personnel. Had EU had the same rate of venture capital investments relative to GDP as in the US, our estimates would predict 20 percentage points increase in the share of scale-up firms in the EU. We conclude that the way for Europe to increase its ability to nurture scale-up firms is to reap the benefit of a fully integrated financial market.

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  • Federica AMBROSIO & Andrea BRASILI & Konstantinos NIAKAROS, 2021. "European scale-up gap - Too few good companies or too few good investors?," EU research and innovation paper series KI-BD-21-004-EN-N, Directorate General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) of the European Commission.
    • Handle: RePEc:eug:wpaper:ki-bd-21-004-en-n
    DOI: 10.2777/886042
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    JEL classification:

    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • O38 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Government Policy

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