Social capital of venture capitalists and start-up funding [PDF]
Small Business Economics, 2011 How does the social capital of venture capitalists (VCs) affect the funding of start-ups? By building on the rich social capital literature, we hypothesize a positive effect of VCs' social capital, derived from past syndication, on the amount of money ...
Oliver Alexy +3 more
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Architectural dimensions of socially driven venture capital firms: social innovation in the capital markets [PDF]
New England Journal of Entrepreneurship, 2022 Purpose – Private equity and venture capital (VC) firms in the capital markets sector invest capital with the primary goal of delivering economic value.
Raymond J. Jones, Manjula S. Salimath
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Philanthropic Venture Capital: Venture Capital for Social Entrepreneurs? [PDF]
Foundations and Trends® in Entrepreneurship, 2012 Since social entrepreneurship is a relatively young activity, resourcerich actors, like Philanthropic VCs, have considerable influence over how the space matures (Nicholls, 2010b). The resources and strategic advice that PhVCs provide their SEs shape an institutional logic for the domain. As such, PhVCs enhance legitimacy of the emerging area of social
Mariarosa Scarlata
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Multidimensional social capital in new ventures [PDF]
The Service Industries Journal, 2012 The authors thank both the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology, and the European Feder Funds for financial support under projects SEJ2007-66581 and ECO-2010 ...
José Vila +2 more
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The courage to venture: Revealing the effect of social trust on corporate venture capital.
PLoS ONE, 2023 In an uncertain and risky business environment, the decision for corporate venture capital (CVC) often requires courage and determination. This article empirically examines the relationship between social trust and corporate venture capital based on CVC ...
Yue Zhang, Xiaoxu Guo
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Social Capital at Venture Capital Firms and Their Financial Performance in China [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 By using social network analysis, this paper studies the extent to which social capital drives performance in the Chinese venture capital (VC) market and explores the trend toward VC syndication in China.
Youjia Mao, Qilin Cao, Benzhang Yang
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A Social Network Analysis on Venture Capital Alliance’s Exit from an Emerging Market [PDF]
Complexity, 2020 This study investigated the impacts of network structure on a venture capital (VC) alliance’s successful exit from an emerging market by empirically analyzing joint VC data in China.
Jing Wu, Chuan Luo, Ling Liu
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A social capital model of high growth ventures [PDF]
Academy of Management Journal, 2003 We Use social capital theory to explain how human and social capital affect a venture's ability to accumulate financial capital during its growth stages (before an initial public offering) and its ...
Michael Lubatkin +2 more
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Social Entrepreneur’s Psychological Capital, Political Skills, Social Networks and New Venture Performance [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 Scholars have begun to realize the importance of entrepreneurial political skills to new ventures. Namely, social entrepreneurship is a context, in which entrepreneurs expend great efforts in networking politically to integrate diverse resources and ...
Li Xin Guo, Chi-Fang Liu, Yu-Sheng Yain
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Social Capital and Cross-Border Venture Capital Investments in China
International Journal of Financial StudiesIn the context of the Chinese market, foreign cross-border venture capitalists have devised specific strategies to mitigate the challenges associated with the liabilities of foreignness, such as risks and information asymmetry.
Yi Tan +3 more
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