This study explicates venture capitalists’ (VCs) successful exits from joint ventures based on their matching relationship with start-ups. Analysing data from China’s VC market, we find that balanced matching between similarly ranked VCs and start-ups promotes VCs’ successful exits, while...

Adoption of renewable energy is one of the most important steps taken to cope with global warming and achieve sustainability. While its supply has seen a global boom, the adoption of renewable energy from the critical demand side faces clear challenges. This paper investigates firms' use of...