Essays about: "vcs"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 46 essays containing the word vcs.

  1. 21. Venturing into Heavy Industry

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Jonathan Dennis; [2019]
    Keywords : Venture capital; cleantech; innovation; finance; investment; sustainability; Nordic region; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Venture capital (VC) plays a vital role in supporting the development of emerging startup innovation, including cleaner technologies better known as cleantech. The application of VC is, however, distributed unevenly across sectors of the economy, often overlooking difficult to innovate areas such as the industrial sectors. READ MORE

  3. 22. Does Distance Matter? Evidence from Swedish Venture Capital Backed Firms

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Nick Ernst; Rikard Arkebäck; [2019]
    Keywords : Venture Capital; Cross-border; Sweden; Performance; Geographical Distance;

    Abstract : The Venture Capital Industry has evolved from the purpose of bridging the funding gap of local businesses into an international alternative asset class. Cross-border investments have become common in today's globalized business environment. READ MORE

  4. 23. Venture Capital & Green Ventures : Developing an Understanding of the Investment Decision

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Enrico Sabbi; Triantafyllia Karampini; [2019]
    Keywords : entrepreneurial finance; environmental entrepreneurship; green startups; green entrepreneurs; green venture capital;

    Abstract : There has been a continuous interest in academia with regard to the venture capital (VC) as themain flourishing aid to new business. Nowadays, academia and the public consider it ‘hot‘ to argue and invest in business that define their activities with sustainable goals, and callthemselves ‘green’, ‘clean’ or ‘eco’. READ MORE

  5. 24. The Money of Innovation : The Impact of Venture Capital on Innovation in Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Erik Dahlberg; Sofia Sörling; [2019]
    Keywords : Innovation; Venture Capital; Financing; Patents; Sweden;

    Abstract : Innovation leads to economic growth, however, financing innovation comes with major uncertainties and therefore there is a risk of underinvestment in innovation. One type of investor who is prepared to take on this uncertainty is the Venture Capitalist (VC). READ MORE

  6. 25. Impact of Facial Self-Similarity and Gender of a Storytelling Virtual Character

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Linnea Fornander; [2019]
    Keywords : Virtual characters; facial similarity; self-similarity; gender; story-telling; empathic emotion;

    Abstract : Technical advancements allow for embodied virtual agents to not only be increasingly human-like, but also to behave and look like particular individuals. As biases towards self-similarity have been found in human-human studies, it is of interest to explore to what extent this applies to virtual characters (VCs). READ MORE