The Prebisch-Singer (PS) hypothesis [Economic Development of Latin America and Its Principal Problems, United Nations Publications: New York, NY, (1950); The Distribution of Gains between Investing and Borrowing Countries, American Economic Review , 40 (1950) 473-485] implies that there should...

Nation as a brand represents the intangible assets of a country, encompassing various dimensions such as politics, economics, culture, history, and technology. However, much of extant work in nation branding has been limited to the empirical investigations of its positioning and implementation...

Prior literature suggests two competing theories regarding the role of venture capitalists (VCs) in their portfolio companies. The VC monitoring hypothesis argues that VCs effectively resolve the managerial agency problem through close monitoring and restraining managers' earnings management...