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Financing intangibles: Is there a market failure?It is well established that growth companies positively and disproportionately impact employment creation and economic growth (European Commission, 2016a; OECD, 2019a). At the same time, these companies are confronted with significant challenges, including access to finance (OECD, 2019b). Numerous initiatives have been taken by regional and national authorities and by the European Union to alleviate growth companies’ expected funding gaps.
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Five years of the Vlerick Energy Centre. An overview of results and lessons learnedAn overview of results and lessons learned from five years of the Vlerick Energy Centre. Energy concerns all of us. Being intertwined with the debate on decarbonisation and climate change, energy is a potentially hot topic. Two extreme positions have attracted significant media coverage during the past year. At one end of the spectrum are those people who feel the transition cannot happen fast enough, engaging in climate protests inspired by Greta Thunberg. At the other end are the Gilets Jaunes, applying the brakes because they believe, on the contrary, that things are moving too fast and life has become too expensive.
