Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Financial Market Cycles

While hard data is difficult to find, the financial crisis appears to have had a substantial negative effect on investors’ willingness to finance innovative entrepreneurship. This dearth of capital is particularly worrisome in light of the widely recognised need for innovative ventures—the so-called “green shoots”— to reignite economic growth...

尽管难以获取硬数据（hard data），但金融危机似乎已对投资者为创新型创业项目提供融资的意愿造成了显著负面影响。鉴于业界广泛公认需要依托创新型企业——即所谓的"复苏嫩芽（green shoots）"——来重振经济增长，此种资本匮乏的状况尤其令人担忧。