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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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Social Capital and Cross-Border Venture Capital Investments in China [PDF]
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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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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Venture Capital and Corporate Social Responsibility
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020 We examine the impact on venture capital (VC) involvement and monitoring on their portfolio companies' corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance. Exploiting the timing of VC exit, we find that CSR performance of VC-backed companies improves after the exit of VC.
Cheng Cheng +3 more
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Understanding and optimising the social impact of venture capital: Three lessons from Ghana
African Evaluation Journal, 2018 Background: Mobilising investment for sustainable development is a priority for many African governments and their international allies. There are many claims about the social impact of investments in small and growing businesses, and yet these mostly ...
Christopher Barnett +4 more
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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 data from Chinese companies spanning from 2006 to 2018.
Yue Zhang, Xiaoxu Guo
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Venture capital in Europe: social capital, formal institutions and mediation effects [PDF]
Small Business Economics, 2018 Venture capital (VC) as an industry has existed for more than 50 years, yet it has only moderately developed beyond the USA despite numerous trials of governments to foster it. Vast research endeavors have been carried out to understand the antecedents, barriers, and facilitators of the industry. However, the focus has been rather limited and accounted
L. Grilli, B. Mrkajic, LATIFI, GRESA
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Finance Research LettersIn addition to traditional venture capital (VC), governmental VC and social impact VC investors have emerged as alternatives to fund entrepreneurial ventures, especially start-ups that incor- porate social and/or environmental objectives into commercial operations.
Valentina Lo Mele +3 more
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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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