Challenges for Green Start-ups

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research: new article now available

Linda Bergset, Senior Researcher of Borderstep Institute, has published an article with the title „Green start-up finance – where do particular challenges lie?“.

The purpose of this paper is to shed some new light on the entrepreneurial finance of green start-ups, for which there has been little quantitative empirical evidence thus far. It explores what challenges green start-ups might experience when it comes to financial access.

The article can be obtained from the International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research

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