Venture Capitalists' Investment and Reinvestment Decisions

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dc.contributor.advisorBaum, J. Roberten_US
dc.contributor.authorKhanin, Dmitryen_US
dc.contributor.departmentManagement and Organizationen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2006-09-12T05:55:44Z
dc.date.available2006-09-12T05:55:44Z
dc.date.issued2006-08-03en_US
dc.description.abstractPrior research (Wells, 1974; MacMillan, 1985, 1987; Shepherd, 1999) has focused on examining VCs' decision making at the pre-investment stage. Few studies have investigated VCs' financing decisions at the post-investment stage, and the differences between investment and reinvestment. Some scholars claimed that VCs are more likely to provide a venture with initial funding than subsequent financing (Dean & Guglierano, 1990). Others argued the opposite (Ryan, 1994; Guler, 2003). My dissertation seeks to answer this question empirically. I surveyed 40 VCs either in person or over the phone, and asked them to assess how some new incremental information will affect the likelihood that they will invest in a venture at the pre-investment vs. post-investment stage. The results have demonstrated that VCs assess the same positive information more positively at the post-investment stage compared to the pre-investment stage and hence, are more likely to provide a venture with additional than with initial funding.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/3858
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledBusiness Administration, Managementen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledBusiness Administration, Managementen_US
dc.titleVenture Capitalists' Investment and Reinvestment Decisionsen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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