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This paper investigates the actual performance of 2,895 Initial Public Offerings of companies that were backed by …
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continuing to bring in more and more funds. Indian research on initial public offerings is sparse. Previous studies have … purposes of venture capital business is to exit, ideally through an initial public offering (IPO). The reason for their … capitalist would get if they offer their stock to public when compared to valuation in any other form of exit. …
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The 1986 Tax Reform Act eliminated preferential tax treatment of capital gains. Proposals to reinstate the preference suggest that risky new investment will suffer without favorable treatment of investment returns. Others have argued that capital for risky new ventures is largely supplied by...
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This study focused on two primary areas: 1. To determine what can be learned from biotech and drug development companies that suffered from financial problems and ultimately failed at the beginning of the 21st century. 2. To determine how intellectual capital developed in accordance with such...
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We provide new rationales for corporate venturing (CV), based on competition for talented managers. As returns to venturing increase, firms engage in CV for reasons other than capturing these returns. First, higher venturing returns increase managerial compensation, to which firms respond by...
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This paper attempts to identify and evaluate the main determinants of venture capital (VC). We develop a theoretical model where macroeconomic conditions, technological opportunity, and the entrepreneurial environment affect the demand and supply of VC. The quantitative results, based on a panel...
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We address the attractiveness of Central Eastern European countries for VC/PE investors by the construction of a composite index. For the index composition we refer to the results of numerous prior research papers that investigate relevant parameters determining entrepreneurial activity and/or...
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We construct a model where incumbents can either acquire basic innovations from entrepreneurs, or wait and acquire developed innovations from entrepreneurial firms supported by venture capitalists. We show that venture-backed entrepreneurial firms have an incentive to overinvest in development...
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determining the success of an investment. It compares data on the rates of return of 2,678 venture-backed public companies during …
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existing in Chile for equity investment, these markets are still incipient and strongly dependent on public policies. In this … respect it is proposed that public intervention to address equity gaps in Chile should also adopt a demand-side perspective …
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