Incubators play an instrumental role in nurturing startups and creating a vibrant ecosystem. But as the ecosystem evolves, incubators also need to reinvent themselves to stay relevant. Against a burgeoning startup ecosystem in India, this roundtable deliberates on the future of incubation. The...

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have differential preference of various funding sources depending on the stage of growth cycle they are in. Quite a few researches have been carried out to decode the link between various funding sources and performance. This study differs from existing...

The aim of this study is to analyse and compare the nature, behaviour and investment preferences of angel investors around the world. In order to get a better understanding of the emerging economies, a special emphasis was given on the Indian Angel market. Angel investors' detailed...

This article is based on a roundtable discussion of how venture capital and private equity investments create value for their portfolio companies. Value creation happens in all three stages of investment process - identification, investment, and monitoring. In the Indian context, high levels of...

The purpose of this paper is to understand the risk-return profile of merchant power plants (MPPs) as compared to power plants with off-take agreements in the Indian context. Information from the literature was analyzed to identify major risks associated with MPPs. Literature pertaining to risk...

The main purpose of this paper is to empirically analyze the characteristics of infrastructure projects which have private equity investments in them. A comprehensive sample of 2821 infrastructure projects (worth US$1.4 trillion) globally from 1990 till 2009 has been examined in this paper....

With Indian economy growing at an average rate of more than 8 percent over the last five years and other macroeconomic factors and policies favorable complementing the growth, India has emerged as an attractive investment destination. Global investors looking for investment opportunities in...

Corporate Sustainability Performance (CSP) reporting is becoming increasingly important to investors who seek to identify and invest in companies that are managing their Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) risks effectively. The European Union's Non‐Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD),...

Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are being frequently used today to private sector investment in road projects. Most of the road PPP projects are either for new roads or for those that involve significant expansion of existing capacity. There are limited instances of PPPs for renovating and...