My dissertation seeks to address ambiguities in the common usage of real options as thecounterpart of financial options in management, focusing on a specific management context:sequential acquisitions of equity stock. Despite its popularity, the metaphoric use of real optionson sequential...

Industry participants and observers view venture capital as fundamentally a local business. However, recent data show an increasing share of US venture capital investments flowing overseas. We suggest that cross-border venture capital flows are associated with the formation of “transnational...