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Financing High-Tech Growth: The Role of Debt or Equity

Audretsch, David B.; Lehmann, Erik E. - 2004

Using a data set of the firms listed on the Neuer Markt in Germany, this paper demonstrates that venture backed firms differ from firms with other financial resources, especially debt. Thus, the results of this study provide evidence for the hypothesis that small and innovative firms are more...

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Minority shareholders in the Finnish system of corporate governance

Kaisanlahti, Timo - 2002

investors. In a famous study by La Porta et al. (1998) it is concluded that the rights of shareholders are more advanced in … for equal treatment of shareholders. Moreover, we review the spezial rules of minority protection in our Companies Act to … provide a broader view of the legal landscape that Finnish minority shareholders inhabit. In passing, we make some comparisons …

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Japanese corporate finance: What factors affect the financial decisions of Japanese firms? A survey result

Yamori, Nobuyoshi - 2006

In June 2005, a questionnaire survey was sent to 9000 companies in the Kansai Area (Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo), the second largest economic block in Japan, with 2041 companies responding. This article introduces the results of this questionnaire survey. The greatest feature of this study is that,...

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The Problem of Private Under-investment in Innovation: A Policy Mind Map

Peneder, Michael - 2008

This paper reviews the major finance-related causes of private under-investment in innovation and the consequent …

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Financial systems and venture capital in Nordic countries: A comparative study

Hyytinen, Ari; Pajarinen, Mika - 2001

the scale of fundraising and investment activity that the country’s GDP share in Europe predicts. For the scale of …

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Distribution dynamics in European venture capital

Stolpe, Michael - 2003

This paper evaluates the evolution of European venture capital investments since 1990, using the distribution dynamics methodology. It tests and rejects the hypothesis that the international allocation of venture capital investments is driven by a pathdependent process of agglomeration, in which...

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The Impact of Public Subsidies on Venture Capital Investments in Start-Up Enterprises

Schertler, Andrea - 2000

start-up enterprises if future losses of the start-up investment are partly covered by the government. …

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Are IPOs of Different VCs Different?

Tykvová, Tereza; Walz, Uwe - 2004

This paper sets out to analyze the influence of different types of venture capitalists on the performance of their portfolio firms around and after IPO. We investigate the hypothesis that different governance structures, objectives, and track records of different types of VCs have a significant...

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Are IPOs of different VCs different?

Tykvová, Tereza; Walz, Uwe - 2004

This paper aims to analyze the impact of different types of venture capitalists on the performance of their portfolio firms around and after the IPO. We thereby investigate the hypothesis that different governance structures, objectives and track record of different types of VCs have a...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298255

Legality and venture governance around the world

Cumming, Douglas; Schmidt, Daniel; Walz, Uwe - 2004

deal origination, a higher probability of syndication and a lower probability of potentially harmful co-investment, and … periodic cash flows prior to exit, which is in conjunction with an increased probability of investment in high-tech companies. …

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