Search Results - subject_exact:"Venture capital"

Financing startups and impact investing : evidence across MENA countries

Mseddi, Slim - 2026

This study empirically investigates the determinants of financial success for startups engaged in impact versus conventional investment, performing a landscape analysis of the MENA region's financial ecosystem. Using the total equity funding amount (TEFA) as a performance proxy, we analyzed data...

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How does the establishment of government industrial funds affect enterprise innovation in China? : a perspective from "bridging the equity gap"

Zhang, Yuxin; Zhou, Yaodong - 2026

Focusing on the role of government industrial funds in bridging the equity gap, in this paper, we examine how the establishment of government industrial funds (GIFs) affects enterprise innovation and the underlying mechanism of the guiding and synergistic effects on social capital. By conducting...

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IPO reform and venture capital : evidence from China

Fei, Celine Yue; Hege, Ulrich; Jia, Xiao - 2026

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Performance persistence in private equity : skill, structure, and statistical artefacts

Ergüzel, Oylum Şehvez - 2026

This paper reviews the empirical literature on performance persistence in private equity (PE). It argues that observed persistence reflects three interacting forces: managerial skill, structural advantages, and measurement artefacts. It compares findings across return metrics, units of analysis,...

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The disappearance of the ten-year fund

Bartlett, Robert; Ramella, Paolo - 2026

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Do development financial institutions create impact through venture capital investments?

Andonov, Aleksandar; Li, Andy; Smeets, Paul - 2026

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Templates in the EU Inc. Regulation Proposal

Enriques, Luca; Nigro, Casimiro A.; Tröger, Tobias - 2026

European debates on competitiveness increasingly treat corporate law as a lever to help innovative firms scale. The European Commission's Proposal for a new "28th regime" seeks to introduce an optional, EU-wide corporate legal form designed, inter alia, to facilitate the cross-border scaling of...

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Templates in the EU Inc. regulation proposal

Enriques, Luca; Nigro, Casimiro A.; Tröger, Tobias - 2026

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Tax Incentives and Venture Capital Risk-Taking : Evidence from the QSBS Program

Campello, Murillo; Junqueira, Guilherme - 2026

Do tax subsidies prompt investors to take on risk? We address this question by looking at investors' responses to changes to the Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) program, which reduces capital gains taxes on startup investing. We do so under a framework in which some startup investors --...

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Tax incentives and venture capital risk-taking : evidence from the QSBS program

Campello, Murillo; Junqueira, Guilherme - 2026

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The impact of founder gender and gender anonymity on online fundraising : evidence from a field experiment

Zhou, Aner; Tian, Yushi; Thakur, Tripti - 2026

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The private capital alpha

Brown, Gregory W.; Goncalves, Andrei S.; Hu, Wendy - 2026

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FinTech-enabled startup portfolio optimization under uncertainty : a multi-objective CVaR-ESG framework

Yordanova, Zornitsa; Nozari, Hamed - 2026

Startup investment decisions are always accompanied by high uncertainty, limited historical data, and the need to simultaneously consider financial performance, sustainability, and innovation. With the rapid expansion of financial technologies, the use of digital decision-support tools to manage...

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The political economy of venture capital : winners-take-all and founder control

Kampmann, David - 2026

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Organization capital, large startups, and the dearth of IPOs

Fahlenbrach, Rüdiger; Sanz, Leandro; Stulz, René M. - 2026

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Organization Capital, Large Startups, and the Dearth of IPOs

Fahlenbrach, Rüdiger; Sanz, Leandro; Stulz, René M. - 2026

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Venture capital as male-lens investing

Wajcman, Judy; Kampmann, David; Young, Erin - 2026

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Human capital breadth and the financing of innovative startups

Duevski, Teodor - 2025

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Up and to the right : the development, diffusion, and impact of the casey life cycle model on venture capital policy and practice

Sauter, M. R. - 2025

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Pioneering excellence or fleeing mediocracy? : why venture capital firms internationalize

Kollmann, Harald; Müllner, Jakob; Puck, Jonas - 2025

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Venture capital contracting as bargaining in the shadow of corporate law constraints

Enriques, Luca; Nigro, Casimiro A.; Tröger, Tobias - 2025

Venture capital ("VC") has built a solid reputation for spurring innovation and economic growth, thus emerging as a crown jewel of the U.S. economy since the 1980s. The development of the U.S. VC market has benefited from the enabling nature of U.S. (Delaware) corporate law, which allows parties...

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Venture capital contracting as bargaining in the shadow of corporate law constraints

Enriques, Luca; Nigro, Casimiro A.; Tröger, Tobias - 2025

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Mandatory corporate law as an obstacle to venture capital contracting in Europe : implications for markets and policymaking

Enriques, Luca; Nigro, Casimiro A.; Tröger, Tobias - 2025

Policymakers around the globe have sought to stimulate Venture Capital (VC) investments, and an extensive literature has inquired into the institutional determinants of a vibrant VC market, including corporate law. We contribute to that literature by exploring the significance of corporate law...

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Mandatory corporate law as an obstacle to venture capital contracting in Europe : implications for markets and policymaking

Enriques, Luca; Nigro, Casimiro A.; Tröger, Tobias - 2025

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No private ordering please, we're Italian

Enriques, Luca; Nigro, Casimiro A. - 2025

Private ordering enables investors to design firm-specific governance arrangements. Aided by specialized lawyers, sophisticated contracting parties can engage in complex private ordering exercises yielding agency cost-minimizing governance structures. Venture capital ('VC') contracting is a...

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Impact investing and worker outcomes

Lerner, Joshua; Lithell, Markus; Phillips, Gordon M. - 2025 - This version: February 2025

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Accelerating equity : overcoming the gender gap in VC funding

Chen, Chuan; Fioretti, Michele; He, Junnan; Jia, Yanrong - 2025

We examine the growing gender gap in venture capital funding, focusing on accelerator programs in the U.S. We collect a unique dataset with detailed information on accelerators and startups. Using a two-stage methodology, we first estimate a matching model between startups and accelerators, and...

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Zooming in on the very early days : the role of trademark applications in the acquisition of venture capital seed funding

Rieger, Verena; Dreller, Anne; Engelen, Andreas - 2025

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Fostering positive CEO-board relationships : board synchronization skill and relationship cycles in new ventures

Garg, Sam; Bingham, Christopher B. - 2025

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Pathways to business financing in South Africa : exploring microloans, venture capital, and gender-responsive grants

Kanayo, Ogujiuba; Makhubupetsi, Kholofelo; Maponya, Lethabo - 2025

Business financing involves supplying funds or capital to initiate, expand, or maintain a business. This study investigates entrepreneurial funding in South Africa, emphasizing microloans, venture capital, and gender-sensitive grants as tools to facilitate inclusive business growth. Using a...

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Technifying ventures

Ando, Yoshiki; Dinlersoz, Emin Murat; Greenwood, Jeremy; … - 2025

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Technifying ventures

Ando, Yoshiki; Dinlersoz, Emin Murat; Greenwood, Jeremy; … - 2025

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Technifying Ventures

Ando, Yoshiki; Dinlersoz, Emin Murat; Greenwood, Jeremy; … - 2025

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Should we mind the gap? : an assessment of the benefits of equity markets and policy implications for Europe's capital markets union

2025

The European Union (EU) economy depends heavily on bank funding. For this reason, strengthening EU equity markets as an alternative funding source has been a policy priority under the Capital Markets Union (CMU) agenda, and more recently a key feature of the Savings and Investment Union (SIU)....

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The Italian venture capital market

Gallo, Raffaele; Signoretti, Federico M.; Supino, Ilaria; … - 2025

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Can U.S. venture capital contracts be transplanted into Europe? : systematic evidence from Germany and Italy

Enriques, Luca; Nigro, Casimiro A.; Tröger, Tobias - 2025

A vast literature has examined the contractual technology that venture capital (VC) funds and entrepreneurs deploy in the U.S. to define an agency cost-minimising structure of their relationship, leading many to conclude that U.S. VC contracts are the best real-world solution to the challenges...

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Can U.S. venture capital contracts be transplanted into Europe? : systematic evidence from Germany and Italy

Enriques, Luca; Nigro, Casimiro A.; Tröger, Tobias - 2025

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Corporate accelerators and global entrepreneurial growth

Impink, Stephen Michael; Wright, Nataliya Langburd; … - 2025

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Beefing it up for your investor? : engagement with open source communities, innovation, and startup funding : evidence from github

Conti, Annamaria; Peukert, Christian; Roche, Maria P. - 2025

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Making sense of funding inequalities in the venture capital space : a state of the art review paper with views from Africa

Mkalama, Benedict Wandera; Ouma, Stefan - 2025

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The look of success : AI-measured face factors and venture financing

Alekseeva, Liudmila; Dalla Fontana, Silvia; Genc, Caroline - 2025

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Beyond the balance sheet: the valuation and strategic impact of intangible assets in private and public markets

Davydova, Daria - 2025

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Dilution vs. risk taking : capital gains taxation and entrepreneurship

Azevedo, Eduardo M.; Scheuer, Florian; Smetters, Kent A.; … - 2025

Recent proposals to tax unrealized capital gains or wealth have sparked a debate about their impact on entrepreneurship. We show that accrual-based taxation creates two opposing effects: successful founders face greater dilution from advance tax payments, whereas unsuccessful founders receive...

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Bridging entrepreneurial intention and action : how financing models shape the growth of innovative SMEs in widening countries

Kitić, Ana; Radišić, Mladen; Takači, Aleksandar - 2025

While entrepreneurship is recognized as a key driver of economic development, barriers such as financing constraints, regulation, and inefficient capital allocation continue to limit its potential, especially in Widening countries. This study examines how different financing mechanisms...

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Venture capital as a catalyst for innovation and economic growth in emerging economies : a systematic review and future research agenda

Kato, Ahmed Idi - 2025

Venture capital (VC) is vital for innovation and economic growth, providing capital and networks to early-stage firms. While research shows a generally positive impact, challenges and failures are often overlooked, potentially creating a skewed perception of success. A review of 72 articles...

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Climate issues in portfolio investment decisions : a comparison of private equity and venture capital

Block, Jörn; Benz, Lena; Krämer-Eis, Helmut; Botsari, … - 2025

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Does bitcoin add to risk diversification of alternative investment fund portfolio?

Sharma, Manu - 2025

Venture capital investment and hedge fund investment are two asset classes of alternative investment fund portfolios. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the digital currency named bitcoin truly adds to diversification in an alternative investment fund portfolio. Vector auto...

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Innovative firms unveiled : economic and financial insights from Italian start-ups

Cassinis, Maria Giulia; Cintolesi, Andrea; Formai, Sara; … - 2025

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Do emerging VC markets mirror established ones? : a comparison of CEE, the USA and israel

Baranowski, Bartosz; Bielicki, Marcin - 2025

The venture capital market in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries-particularly Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic-has experienced rapid growth in recent years, prompting a closer examination of the factors driving this expansion and the long-term trajectories of these emerging...

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