Publications for Kun Fu
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Journal Articles
Zhang, Y, Johan, S, Hughes, M,
Fu, K, Scholes, L, Liu, J (2023)
The effect of lead investor’s human capital on funding performance: the moderating role of investment ambition,
Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 90, 101891, ISSN: 1042-4431. DOI:
10.1016/j.intfin.2023.101891.
Zhang, Y, Hughes, M,
Fu, K, Scholes, L, Tang, F (2023)
The effect of lead investors’ trustworthiness on funding performance: The moderating effect of investment-specific human capital,
Technology in Society, 73(2023), 102222, ISSN: 0160-791X. DOI:
10.1016/j.techsoc.2023.102222.
Zhang, Y, Scholes, M,
Fu, K, Hughes, M, Tang, F (2023) Equity crowdfunding syndicates and fundraising performance: The effect of human capital and lead investor reputation,
Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development.
Schnyder, G, Grosman, A,
Fu, K, Siems, M, Aguilera, R (2022)
Legal perception and finance: when the perception matters more than the actual law.
Liu, K,
Fu, K, Yang, JY, Asady, AA (2021)
A system justification theory of entrepreneurial attitudinal change during a crisis,
Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, 47(3), pp.893-923, ISSN: 1042-2587. DOI:
10.1177/10422587211058363.
Schnyder, G, Grosman, A,
Fu, K, Siems, M, Aguilera, RV (2021)
Legal perception and finance: The case of IPO firm value,
British Journal of Management, 33(1), pp.88-116, ISSN: 1045-3172. DOI:
10.1111/1467-8551.12531.
Jie, X, Jie, Y,
Fu, K, Ke, W, Yuanqiong, H (2021)
Innovation in an authoritarian society: China during the pandemic crisis,
Journal of Business Strategy, 43(2), pp.79-86, ISSN: 0275-6668. DOI:
10.1108/JBS-10-2020-0223.
Liu, K, Asady, AA,
Fu, K (2020)
How do foreign entrepreneurs adapt to local corruption norms in the Middle East? Institutional multiplicities and individual adaptation,
International Small Business Journal, 38(7), pp.629-653, ISSN: 0266-2426. DOI:
10.1177/0266242620918823.
Daniel, GO,
Fu, K, Dolfsma, W (2018)
Institutional quality and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa: Can management effort and bribes compensate for low-quality institutions?,
Journal of Economic Issues, 52(2), pp.473-482, ISSN: 0021-3624. DOI:
10.1080/00213624.2018.1469920.
Fu, K, Wennberg, K, Falkenhall, B (2018)
Productive entrepreneurship and the effectiveness of insolvency legislation: a cross-country study,
Small Business Economics, 54, pp.383-404, ISSN: 0921-898X. DOI:
10.1007/s11187-018-0040-6.
Fu, K, Larsson, A-S, Wennberg, K (2018)
Habitual entrepreneurs in the making: how labour market rigidity and employment affects entrepreneurial re-entry,
Small Business Economics, 51(2), pp.465-482, ISSN: 0921-898X. DOI:
10.1007/s11187-018-0011-y.
Fini, R,
Fu, K, Mathisen, MT, Rasmussen, E, Wright, M (2016)
Institutional determinants of university spin-off quantity and quality: a longitudinal, multilevel, cross-country study,
Small Business Economics, 48(2), pp.361-391, ISSN: 0921-898X. DOI:
10.1007/s11187-016-9779-9.
Wright, M and
Fu, K (2015)
University spin-outs: what do we know and what are the policy implications? Evidence from the UK,
Journal of Innovation Management, 3(4), pp.5-15, ISSN: 2183-0606.
Autio, E and
Fu, K (2014)
Economic and political institutions and entry into formal and informal entrepreneurship,
Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 32(1), pp.67-94, ISSN: 0217-4561. DOI:
10.1007/s10490-014-9381-0.
Parikh, P,
Fu, K, Parikh, H, McRobie, A, George, G (2014)
Infrastructure provision, gender, and poverty in Indian slums,
World Development, 66, pp.468-486, ISSN: 0305-750X. DOI:
10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.09.014.
Conferences
Scholes, L, Zhang, Y,
Fu, K, Hughes, M (2021)
Lead investors’ human capital and fundraising performance: mediating role of reputation. In
AOM 2021, Virtual.
Zhang, Y, Scholes, L,
Fu, K, Hughes, M (2020)
Social capital in a syndicate investment platform - Effects on syndicate lead performance. In
39th Annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Babson College; Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2019: Proceedings of the 39th Annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Boston Park, MA, USA.
Kuo-Feng, H,
Fu, K, Grosman, A, Hughes, M (2019)
Competitive behaviour of young firms under industry deregulation: The role of boards in adoption of nonconformist strategies. In
Academy of Management Annual Conference, Boston, Massachusetts.
Chapters
Wright, M and
Fu, K (2017)
University spin-outs in the UK. In
The World Scientific Reference on Entrepreneurship, pp.165-186, ISBN: 9789814733304. DOI:
10.1142/9874.
Wright, M and
Fu, K (2016) University Spin-outs in the UK. In Fini, R and Grimaldi, R (ed)
Process approach to academic entrepreneurship: evidence from the globe, World Scientific Publishing, pp.253-274, ISBN: 978-981-4733-42-7.
De Beer, J,
Fu, K, Wunsch-Vincent, S (2016) Innovation in the Informal Economy. In
The Informal Economy in Developing Nations-Hidden Engine of Innovation?, Cambridge University Press, pp.53-86, ISBN: 9781107157545.
Reports
Erkko, A and
Fu, K (2022)
Country-level institutional conditions and individual-level entrepreneurship dynamics, Asian Development Bank, ISBN: 978-92-9269-754-9.
Autio, E and
Fu, K (2022)
Digital framework conditions and the productivity potential of a country’s entrepreneurial dynamic: A study of selected ADB member economies, ADB, ISBN: 978-92-9269-754-9.
Autio, E,
Fu, K, Smit, W, Muftiadi, A, Chiyachantana, C, Prasarnphanich, PM, Pham, QM, Habaradas, R, Castilllejos-Petalcorin, C, Jinjarak, Y, Park, D (2022)
Adoption of digital technologies, business model innovation, and financial and sustainability performance in startup firms, Asian Development Bank, ISBN: 978-92-9269-754-9.
Autio, E,
Fu, K, Levie, J (2020)
Entrepreneurship as a driver of innovation in the digital age, Asian Development Bank.
Wennberg, K and
Fu, K (2015)
Productive entrepreneurship and insolvency legislature: A cross-country study, The Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis.
Autio, E and Webb, R (2015)
Engineering growth: Enabling world-class UK entrepreneurship in the low-carbon economy, Shell Springboard Programme.
Wright, M, Hart, M,
Fu, K (2015)
A Nation of Angels: Assessing the impact of angel investing across the UK, CFE, UKBAA, and ERC.
De Beer, J,
Fu, K, Wunsch-Vincent, S (2013)
The informal economy, innovation and intellectual property- concepts, metrics and policy considerations, World Intellectual Property Organisation.
Datasets
Schnyder, G, Grosman, A,
Fu, K, Siems, M, Aguilera, RV (2021)
Supplementary Information files for Legal perception and finance: The case of IPO firm value, DOI:
10.17028/rd.lboro.15141111.