The market for secondary venture capital transactions provides a way for investors to obtain liquidity if the investee start-up corporation has not yet reached sufficient maturity for an IPO. It also creates divestment opportunities for badly performing ventures that investors would rather...

Using a large dataset of corporate venture capital (CVC) investments in young ventures from 1987 to 2010, I examine external knowledge acquisitions by corporate investors. I find that CVCs are more likely to acquire portfolio ventures when the level of ventures' innovation is high and when CVCs'...

This study investigates how the performance of venture capital-backed companies is influenced by institutional factors and venture capital (VC) strategies in China. We conducted empirical analysis using national-level data and data obtained from companies listed on China’s Growth Enterprise...

Academic and practitioner literature suggests that Venture Capitalists often have problems with aligning information technology opportunities with investment objectives. To a large extent the alignment process is not formally documented and relies on intuitive instincts. Hence it is important to...

Die zunehmend digitale Wettbewerbslandschaft ist gekennzeichnet durch steigende Komplexität, kontinuierlichem Wandel, verschwimmende Branchengrenzen, erhöhter Wettbewerbsintensität sowie die daraus resultierenden unsicheren Entwicklungsprognosen. Besonders die durch technologische...

Die zunehmend digitale Wettbewerbslandschaft ist gekennzeichnet durch steigende Komplexität, kontinuierlichem Wandel, verschwimmende Branchengrenzen, erhöhter Wettbewerbsintensität sowie die daraus resultierenden unsicheren Entwicklungsprognosen. Besonders die durch technologische...