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Comparative Social Capital : Networks of Entrepreneurs and Investors in China and Russia

Batjargal, Bat - 2006

Most studies on entrepreneurs' networks incorporate social capital and networks as independent variables that affect … entrepreneurs' actions and its outcomes. By contrast, this article examines social capital of the Chinese and Russian entrepreneurs … and venture capitalists as dependent variables, and it examines entrepreneurs' social capital from the perspectives of …

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Entrepreneurial investment evaluation decision-making : a focus on venture capitalists, business angels and early-stage entrepreneurs in South Africa

Urban, Boris; Moreno, Marco Antonio - In: Journal of entrepreneurial finance : JEF ; official … 24 (2022) 2, pp. 38-58

Business angels (BAs) and venture capitalists (VCs) are important sources of finance for entrepreneurs in emerging … on the team preparedness and team attributes, relevant for early-stage entrepreneurs. An empirical study of this nature …-stage entrepreneurs in an African emerging country context. …

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Strategic planning objectives for venture capitalist investments in emerging information technologies : a value-focused perspective

Coss, David L.; Dhillon, Gupreet; Udeh, Ifeoma - In: Journal of entrepreneurial finance : JEF ; official … 17 (2015) 1, pp. 27-64

Academic and practitioner literature suggests that Venture Capitalists often have problems with aligning information technology opportunities with investment objectives. To a large extent the alignment process is not formally documented and relies on intuitive instincts. Hence it is important to...

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Alternative sources of financing and the sustainability of Cameroonian start-ups

Zogning, Félix; Bityé, Mireille; Emile, Massoussi Ma … - In: Journal of entrepreneurial finance : JEF ; official … 24 (2022) 3, pp. 120-136

The objective of the paper is to assess the contribution of alternative sources of financing to the survival of SMIs through an analysis of start-ups in Cameroon. Our study employs a qualitative multisite case study methodology. Data was collected from both documentary and primary sources. For...

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Corporate Venture Capitalists and Independent Venture Capitalists : What Do They Know, Who Do They Know and Should Entrepreneurs Care?

Maula, Markku V. J.; Autio, Erkko; Murray, Gordon C. - 2015

There is an established body of research that has examined the value-added provided by venture capitalists for their portfolio companies. More recent work has started to look at the comparable activities of corporate venture capitalists. However, to date, the value-added provided by these two...

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Prerequisites for the Creation of Social Capital and Subsequent Knowledge Acquisition in Corporate Venture Capital

Maula, Markku V. J. - 2015

Past research has largely treated inter-organizational social capital as an exogenously determined asset. In this paper, the authors build and test a model on the effects of the initial conditions for the creation and leveraging of social capital in corporate venture capital - portfolio firm...

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The Formation and Interplay of Social Capital in the ORFE Processes of Crowd Funded Social Ventures

Lehner, Othmar Manfred - 2018

-value pairs between the funders and the entrepreneurs. Issues of identification and control are thus not based upon any formal … transformation of capital is highly moderated by cultural and symbolic capital. Crowdfunding seems an ideal match for entrepreneurs … seeking for ‘societal' value more than for economic gain. While the entrepreneurs act as catalysts, members of the crowd take …

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Toward a Venture Capital-Backed Entrepreneurship Model in Brazil

Ramalho, Caio - 2013

It is well documented venture capital’s positive impact on creation and development of highly successful innovative companies worldwide. Venture capital not only provides funding to startups and SMEs (small and medium enterprises) that usually have financing gap, especially in emerging...

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The Origin of the Network Positions of New Organizations : How Entrepreneurs Raise Funds

Hallen, Benjamin L. - 2007

This dissertation examines the mechanisms by which entrepreneurs successfully raise venture capital. Although there has … been substantial research on the benefits of having venture capital, how entrepreneurs successfully raise venture capital …. Second, building on a number of detailed interviews with the entrepreneurs at and investors in nine of these ventures, I …

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Entrepreneur Heterogeneity and New Venture Financing

Berkovitch, Elazar - 2015

policymakers in promoting innovation. VC investors are better informed. However, Angel investors offer entrepreneurs a better … avenue to capture entrepreneurs' motivational factors. We show that policy measures to enhance entrepreneurial activity …

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