This study attempts to construct an optimal portfolio by using Sharpe's Single index model. For this purpose NSE, NIFTY and all the 50 stocks have been used as market index for preparing portfolio. The daily data for all the stocks and index for the period of April 2006 to December 2011 have...

This article investigates how venture capital is related to the growth of VC-backed firms. After controlling the effect of a firm’s age, we found that operational, financial, marketing and otherservices strongly affect the growth of VC-backed firms, while the managerial services are weakly...