We examine how the exit mode (i.e., initial public offering - IPO, trade sale, or write-off) of venture capital investments is influenced by additional exit opportunities brought by cross-border investors. We perform our analyses on a sample of 1,062 financing rounds in 462 high-tech start-ups...

The objective of this paper is to illustrate the main theories and survey the empirical evidence on the impact of private equity leveraged buyouts (LBOs) on innovative activity at target companies. I illustrate how the theoretical lenses through which LBOs are described have adapted to the...