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Spin Off Enterprises as a Financing Solution for the Innovative Clients of Science and Technology Parks
Gawlik, Remigiusz; Teczke, Janusz - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003
In this paper we try to present the role of one of the Venture Capital financing solutions - the Spin – off organizations, which are a very interesting way of acquiring the financial means for the new established innovative companies – clients of the Science and Technology Parks.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261016
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Islamic private equity: what is new?
Yousfi, Ouidad - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The current paper analyzes similarities and differences between conventional and Islamic private equity (PE). Despite the financial subprime crisis and the lack of liquidities in financial markets, PE still play an important role in financing growing unlisted firms all over the world. However,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009418483
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Private equity and venture capital in South Africa: A comparison of project financing decisions
Portmann, David; Mlambo, Chipo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper investigates the manner in which private equity and venture capital firms in South Africa assess investment opportunities. The analysis was facilitated using a survey containing both Likert-scale and open-ended questions. The key findings show that both private equity and venture...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109647
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Fostering Innovation in Russian Companies in the Post-Crisis Period : Opportunities and Constraints
Simachev, Yuri - 2013
In recent years the Russian innovation policy has made a significant progress that manifests in developing its ‘tool … kit', increasing resource base, etc. However it has not yet succeeded in improving business innovation activities that … Russian industrial enterprises the authors analyze key features of innovation in Russian companies under economic recovery, as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013083716
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Venture Capital and Innovation in Europe
Geronikolaou, George; Papachristou, George - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper examines the direction of causality between Venture Capital (VC) and innovation (proxied by patents) in … suggesting that, in Europe, innovation seems to create a demand for VC and not VC a supply of innovation. In this sense …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647272
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Organization of Innovation and Capital Markets
Orman, Cuneyt - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
There has been an explosion of innovation backed by venture capital since late 1970’s. Nonetheless, a great deal of … innovation still occurs within large companies. In this paper, I investigate the factors that determine when innovation is … executives. I find that if capital markets function perfectly, it is optimal for innovation to be conducted by venture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008550550
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A Comparative Analysis of the Legal Obstacles to Institutional Investor Activism in Europe and in the US
Santella, Paolo; Baffi, Enrico; Drago, Carlo; Lattuca, Dino - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Starting from the observation that at the multilateral level shareholder activism is considered as an important aspect of good corporate governance, this paper examines several legal and economic obstacles to institutional investor activism in the EU and in the US. We also examine the voting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836299
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Strategies on initial public offering of company equity at stock exchanges in imperfect highly volatile global capital markets with induced nonlinearities
Ledenyov, Dimitri O.; Ledenyov, Viktor O. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This research considers the strategies on the initial public offering of company equity at the stock exchanges in the imperfect highly volatile global capital markets with the nonlinearities. We provide the IPO definition and compare the initial listing requirements on the various markets. We...
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SPACs in Shipping
Shachmurove, Yochanan; Vulanovic, Milos - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
In this study we examine how Specified Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) were used as a financing tool for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258716
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Share repurchases, signaling effect and implications for corporate governance: Evidence from India
Reddy, Kotapati Srinivasa; Nangia, Vinay Kumar; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
It is worth mentioning that a great deal of financial liberalization, privatization and internationalization policies in emerging economies have significantly increased the corporate restructuring activities like mergers, acquisitions, share repurchases, and stock splits, among others. Indeed,...
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