We empirically explore the associations between social media use at home and shopping
preferences using survey data. We focus on popular retail firms including brick-and-mortar …

A growing number of young and emerging businesses obtain financial resources through
open calls over the Internet. Such campaigns are often hosted on specialised platforms that …

This study offers a theoretical perspective from which to examine entrepreneurial ventures'
linguistic strategies. Drawing on the framing perspective, we introduce two concepts …

Abstract Research Summary We show that the existing alliance portfolio of a firm can
impede the adoption of a new business practice. We analyze the private equity industry …

The recent financial crisis has accelerated the changes with regard to the spatial
organization of financial channels. In direct investments, the venture capital industry in …

We study whether public financial statement disclosures of private firms influence the
probability of raising venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) financing. In particular, we …

In this paper, we investigate the role of educational ties in private equity. Although we cannot
observe all the funds that bid for a target company, we construct the set of potential bidders …

European venture capital (VC) funds have historically underperformed their US
counterparts. This has resulted in reduced investment into European VC by the traditional …

While access to private equity funds (PEFs) provides a unique opportunity for firms to set up
sturdy growth paths, how PEFs select companies is an unknown process to entrepreneurs …

Purpose–This paper aims to explore the challenges the Venture Capital (VC) funds industry
in New Zealand (NZ) faces when sourcing new capital. In NZ, there is a significant gap …