Lead supervisor:
Prof Robert Morgan 
Start date: October 2011
Award: General
Subject Pathway:
Management and Business
Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster
Evaluating Innovation Investment Outcomes of Government Venture Funding: A Longitudinal, Multi-Level, Multi-Source Analysis of Small Firms in the U.S.
This quantitatively focussed research project aims to assess what effect government venture funding has on long-term performance of firms, namely innovation commercialisation and entrepreneurial activity. Also, it intends to determine characteristics that affect funding allocation outcomes.