Over the 15 past years, international PE flows have become increasingly important. The goal of this chapter is to present evidence and academic research on this topic and to stress how the international spread of capital affected the overall development of the PE industry. Specifically, we will...

This paper examines the effect of different types of international knowledge accumulation on the internationalization of venture capital firms, as a particular type of professional service firms. We distinguish between experiential knowledge acquired through previous activities, inherited...

Using a resource dependence perspective, we theorize and show that non-venture-capital-backed ventures founded in U.S. states with a lower availability of venture capital (VC) are more likely to relocate to California (CA) or Massachusetts (MA) — the two VC richest states — compared to...

This paper studies the international investment behavior of private equity (PE) firms. Perspectives from international service management are integrated with human capital and network theory to test the value of international human capital and international network relationships. Using a sample...