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Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.This paper proposes a novel control framework to ensure safety of a robotic swarm. A feedback optimization controller is capable of driving the swarm toward a target density while keeping risk‐zone exposure below a safety threshold. Theory and experiments show how safety is more effectively achieved for sparsely connected swarms.
Longchen Niu, Gennaro Notomista
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Shareholding by Venture Capitalists and R&D Investment in the Pre- and Post-IPO Periods [PDF]
In this thesis, we will analyze the effect of IPOs on R&D investment and argue a change in the role of VC in the pre- and post-IPO periods for Japanese firms.
Zhang, Jian Xiong
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Trends in innovation and investment development of high-tech enterprises
Российский технологический журнал, 2019 The article deals with the main prospects and problems of investing in innovative activities of high-tech enterprises. The principles of construction of venture investment and the mechanism of venture financing of a project when creating technological ...
I. A. Mandych, A. V. Bykova
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Agribusiness: From Automation to Augmentation in a Global Context
Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Alexis H. Villacis
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AI &Innovation, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Open‐source artificial intelligence is widely promoted as a democratising pathway to digital sovereignty for African states, offering access to frontier architectures without prohibitive capital investment. This paper investigates whether open‐source AI represents a credible route to autonomy or generates a new form of structural dependency ...
Ololade A. Shonubi
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Venture Capital and Corporate Governance [PDF]
We consider data from 16 Asian countries, 16 European countries and the US to investigate the relationship between venture capital and corporate governance. There are five main findings.
Wei-ling Song, Franklin Allen
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen +5 more
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A survey of venture capital research [PDF]
This survey reviews the growing body of academic work on venture capital. It lays out the major data sources used. It examines the work on venture capital investments in companies, looking at issues of selection, contracting, post-investment services and
Marco Da Rin +2 more
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This paper derives a firm‐level threshold, the Herfindahl Neutral Point, from the standard concentration index used in merger review. At this threshold, a marginal expansion leaves the index unchanged. Firms below the threshold reduce concentration when they expand; firms above it increase concentration.
Andrew J. Keller, Krishna P. Paudel
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Economic Geography, Venture Capital and Focal Points of Entrepreneurial Activity [PDF]
Economic geography receives limited consideration in the venture capital literature. This study utilizes thirty years of data concerning companies that initially were backed by venture capital.
Yochanan Shachmurove
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