Mauricio Medeiros Junior Archives

Human Capital and Startup Financing

We establish the relevance of human capital to startup financing. Using administrative databases from the Central Bank of Brazil, we obtain information on private firms, their founders and their access to bank credit.…Read More

What is the Importance of Pivoting for Firm Growth?

Does pivoting matter? How does it affect investment in innovation and firm performance? My goal is to analyze the relevance of pivoting for the development of a small firm into a mature one and to provide a better understanding of what constitutes a small firm.…Read More