Essays about: "Corporate venture capital"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 28 essays containing the words Corporate venture capital.

1. 21. Whether and How to Invest in Startups Through Corporate Accelerators

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Företagsekonomi

   Author : Denny Nelson; Erik Henriksson; [2017]
   Keywords : Corprorate accelerator; Innovation; startup; Investment;

   Abstract : Background: For the past decade, large companies have discovered the high value andpotential to invest in external startups, not only for the financial returns but also moreoften for strategic benefits. Today's corporations boost their innovation in many differentways, and the most successful companies use several different sources of innovation, suchas open innovation, corporate venture capital, incubators and accelerators. READ MORE

3. 22. Management Control Systems in a Corporate Venture Capital Backed Start-up: An Exploration and Exploitation Perspective

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

   Author : Amelia Kreicbergs; Eric Öste; [2016]
   Keywords : Management Control Systems; Corporate Venture Capital; Start-ups; Exploration; Exploitation;

   Abstract : This study was aimed at examining the application of Management Control Systems (MCS) and the learning consequences of these in start-ups. This was done through a single-case study of a Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) investor and its start-up, thus analysing the impact of an external investor previously overlooked in research, which mainly has been confined to Venture Capital (VC) investors. READ MORE

4. 23. CSR as a tool for startups to gain external financing : A qualitative study in a Swedish context

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Niklas Henriques; Mattias Öberg; [2016]
   Keywords : CSR; sustainability; investment criteria;

   Abstract : Previous studies show that firms, in general, die young, and that they are in dire needs for capital injections. However, for various reasons, startups are sometime not able to gain financing, and in certain cases one prefer a certain type of capital, which has led to the pecking-order theory, which assumes that internal capital is preferred over external, and debt is issued rather than equity. READ MORE

5. 24. Optimal Capital Structure of Start-Ups. A field study in the venture capital market

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Jonas Winberg; Viktor Stensson; [2015-07-13]
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   Abstract : Abstract Convertible financing is on the rise as a common method to finance an early stage company. Lots of previous research has been done for later stages of corporate financing and the authors of this thesis want to investigate if such findings also apply in earlier stages. READ MORE

6. 25. Perceptions of Swedish Fund Managers of Equity Crowdfunding

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Företagsekonomi

   Author : Mikael Uusivuori; Axel Andersson; Latif Andersson; [2015]
   Keywords : Equity Crowdfunding; Crowdfunding; Traditional Funding Methods; Venture Capital; Fund Managers; Seed-Stage Funding; ECF Fund; Equity Gap; Financing of Small Firms;

   Abstract : Equity crowdfunding (ECF) is the smallest of four main types of crowdfunding (CF) and has emerged as a new form of investment, where investors receive equity of a company in return for capital. Over the past years, the development of CF has given entrepreneurs the option to seek funding from a new source, instead of relying solely on venture capital (VC) and other sources of funding (Mollick, 2013). READ MORE