This article reviews the literature on venture capital in China and examines where China's
venture capital industry has been and where it is likely to go in the future. Since the 1980s …

Institutional theory argues that institutions in general, and culture in particular, shape the
actions of firms and individuals in a number of subtle but substantive ways. The theory has …

Emerging economies are characterized by fundamental and comprehensive institutional
transformations as their economies begin to mature. How venture capitalist functions in …

Approximately 1.7 billion people in Asia live in poverty today. To date, efforts to address
poverty in Asia have largely focused on subsistence entrepreneurship rather than on …

This paper examines the influence of economic institutions upon venture capitalists'(VCs)
decision policies. We conducted policy-capturing experiments on 119 VCs across three …

Venture capital in East Asia has played a significant economic role in the region's
development and is expected to play an even more significant role in the future. However …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the role of Wasta, a culturally based system
of social networks of exchange among in-group members in the Arab world, as exemplified …

The collapse of the former Soviet Union has opened up a wealth of business opportunities
for companies seeking new markets in the Russian Federation. Despite this, firms intending …

Purpose Managers of multinational enterprises (MNEs) from developed economies are often
cautious to understand the cultural environment where they do business. This is …

This paper evaluates a method, intended by formal investors (venture capitalists) while
making sound investment decisions and selecting those successful entrepreneurs in the …