This study aims to examines the effects of an entrepreneur's human capital characteristics in early-stage firms in Korean venture industry. The data come from 260 firms which was gone public during 2000s in the Korean information technology (IT) industry. We consider age, schooling, and...

In the entrepreneurship field, this study examines what kinds of external endorsements are helpful for venture capitals investment and the growth of new technology ventures in developing countries. This study uses the signalling theory and the methodologies of multiple regression and survival...

chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Institutional description of the venture capital industry and the IPO market -- chapter 3 Literature review and formulation of hypotheses -- chapter 4 Data and methodology -- chapter 5 The characteristics of IPO firms on KOSDAQ 1999–2001 -- chapter 6...

Ever-increasing unpredictability has led to recognition of increasing importance of innovation capabilities of businesses. In spite of recognizing such an important issue of innovation capability, not much research has been conducted on the relationship between innovation capabilities in...

A government venture capital (GVC) fund refers to a fund of funds financed by the government. It aims to increase the supply of funding to sectors that are of public policy importance but are unlikely to receive sufficient funding from the market. Although each government department manages a...

The Korean venture capital market has grown dramatically in recent years, starting from a negligible base in the early 1990s and almost tripling between 1998 and 2001. Korea now ranks among the leading OECD countries in venture capital investment as a share of GDP. Korea weathered the severe...