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Does private equity investment spur innovation? Evidence from Europe
Popov, Alexander; Roosenboom, Peter - 2009
We provide the first cross-country evidence of the effect of investment by private equity firms on innovation, focusing … funds and insurance companies across countries and over time. We also control for the standard determinants of innovation … aggregate (private equity plus R&D) industrial spending, PE accounts for as much as 12% of industrial innovation. We also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011605109
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Does private equity investment spur innovation? : evidence from Europe
Popov, Alexander; Roosenboom, Peter - 2009
We provide the first cross-country evidence of the effect of investment by private equity firms on innovation, focusing … funds and insurance companies across countries and over time. We also control for the standard determinants of innovation … aggregate (private equity plus R&D) industrial spending, PE accounts for as much as 12% of industrial innovation. We also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003867027
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The Role of Foreign Direct Investment in the Economy
Kowalewski, Oskar; Weresa, Marzenna A. - Rainer Hampp Verlag
A key component of economic globalization, foreign direct investment (FDI) plays a special role in stimulating the growth of countries’ competitiveness. This book provides a comprehensive insight into the relationship between foreign direct investment and economic growth, with a special focus...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005827039
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Does Private Equity Investment Spur Innovation? Evidence from Europe
Popov, Alexander A. - 2012
We provide the first cross-country evidence of the effect of investment by private equity firms on innovation, focusing … funds and insurance companies across countries and over time. We also control for the standard determinants of innovation … aggregate (private equity plus R&D) industrial spending, PE accounts for as much as 12% of industrial innovation. We also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117009
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Dynamic Optimal Capital Structure and Technological Change
Lööf, Hans - 2003
This paper incorporates the cost of adjustment between observed and optimal leverage in explaining the variation in firm?s equity or bank-debt financing investments. Using a dynamic adjustment approach identifies the determinants to capital structure between different financial systems. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298124
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Dynamic optimal capital structure and technological change
Lööf, Hans - 2003
This paper incorporates the cost of adjustment between observed and optimal leverage in explaining the variation in firm's equity or bank-debt financing investments. Using a dynamic adjustment approach identifies the determinants to capital structure between different financial systems. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011448232
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Venture Capital Syndicate Networks -The Determinants of Interconnectedness
Schilder, Dirk - Technische Universität <Freiberg> - 2007
This paper examines the German venture capital (VC) syndicate networks and towhat extent certain characteristics of VC companies determine the investors’interconnectedness. The data used contains detailed information on 300 VCinvestments and their investors from the years 2004 and 2005. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864066
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Informed Capital in a HostileEnvironment - The Case ofRelational Investors in Germany
Schäfer, Dorothea; Schilder, Dirk - Technische Universität <Freiberg> / Fakultät für … - 2006
Informed capital is a crucial ingredient to a well-functioning market for start-upfinance, especially in times of difficult market conditions. For bank-basedsystems, the question regarding which investors actually supply informed capitalhas not yet been answered. To fill this gap, we conduct a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864104
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Does Venture Capital investmentreally require spatial proximity?An empirical investigation
Fritsch, Michael; Schilder, Dirk - Technische Universität <Freiberg> - 2006
Grund für eineregionale Unterversorgung an Risikokapital darstellt... …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864108
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Public Venture Capital in Germany -Task Force or Forced Task?
LinkSchilder, Dirk - Technische Universität <Freiberg> - 2006
This paper deals with the question of whether public venture capital (VC) isperforming its task properly, taking a look at how public VC companies’ selectionprocess, investment behavior, and consulting services reflect goals that differ fromthose of private VC firms. The results present...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864116