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We show that families are an engine of venturing activities: 1/3 of corporate venture capital (CVC) deals in the US from 2000 to 2017 originated from family firms. Family CVC is associated with more syndication, larger syndicates, and more proximate investment in terms of geography and industry...
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A growing literature is devoted to understand how firms react to unforeseen events. Contributing to this research, we investigate how the presence of families in corporate ownership and governance affected firm performance during the Covid-19 pandemic. Using data from Italy, the first western...
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Prompted by the shakeup of Covid-19 on financial markets, scholars have begun to explore the corporate traits that can make firms more resilient to a pandemic. In this paper, we explore how the involvement of families in ownership and governance positions influences the financial performance of...
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Using a large dataset of US investors and their portfolio startups, we analyze the phenomenon of micro VC investors, that is, VC firms managing funds smaller than $50 million. We show that investments by micro VCs have increased at a much steeper rate than those by traditional VCs during...
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We show that families are an engine of venturing activities: one third of all corporate venture capital (CVC) deals in the US from 2000 to 2017 originated from family firms. Family firms have a distinct venturing style: they syndicate more often, join larger syndicates, and make closer deals...
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