TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Colombelli, Alessandra
AU  - Krafft, Jackie
AU  - Vivarelli, Marco
        TI  - To Be Born Is Not Enough: The Key Role of Innovative Startups
        PY  - 2016/Feb/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 9733
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp9733
        AB  - This paper investigates the reasons why entry per se is not necessarily good and the evidence showing that innovative startups survive longer than their non-innovative counterparts. In this framework, our own empirical analysis shows that greater survival is achieved when startups engage successfully in both product innovation and process innovation, with a key role of the latter. Moreover, this study goes beyond a purely microeconomic perspective and discusses the key role of the environment within which innovative entries occur. What is shown and discussed in this contribution strongly supports the proposal that the creation and survival of innovative start-ups should become one qualifying point of the economic policy agenda.
        KW  - innovation
KW  - startups
KW  - survival
KW  - product innovation
KW  - process innovation
        ER  -