<title/> 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 v - v portfolio...

<title/> 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...

Various approaches have been considered in Finland to catalyze new growth oriented innovative companies and to develop the functioning of the risk capital market. One approach suggested in several studies and public statements has been to consider creating tax incentives to catalyze informal...

Despite of the significant role of informal venture capital in the financing of new entrepreneurial ventures, there is little research explaining the factors determining the propensity of individuals to make microangel investments. Building on two theoretical frameworks, a social psychological...

Tax policy should explicitly recognize the incentives needed for talented persons to consider an entrepreneurial career choice as well as for potential High Growth Entrepreneurial Firms (HGEFs) to pursue (international) expansion. The planned reform of the Finnish tax system presents a unique...

We extend the research on the drivers of holding period firm-level returns in private equity (PE)-backed buyouts by examining deal-, industry-, and macroeconomic-level drivers and their interaction. To conduct our study, we use a comprehensive and hand-collected dataset covering exited buyouts...