When does a venture capital firm withdraw from an investment project prior to its completion? This study offers a real options view on this decision by examining the contingent effects of portfolio configuration. We explore how project withdrawal can be influenced by two distinct dimensions of...

How do domestic VC-led and foreign VC-led investments differ in staged financing? We propose that domestic VCs will be more active than foreign VCs in learning through investing to tackle information asymmetry, agency concerns and project-specific uncertainty. We further expect that domestic VCs...