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How Korean Venture Capitals Invest In New Technology Ventures, Youngkeun Choi Jan 2013

How Korean Venture Capitals Invest In New Technology Ventures, Youngkeun Choi

Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation JEMI

In the entrepreneurship field, this study examines what kinds of external endorsements are helpful for venture capitals investment and the growth of new technology ventures in developing countries. This study uses the signalling theory and the methodologies of multiple regression and survival analysis with the panel data of the ventures in Korea. In the results, collaboration with business groups and certification of government are positively influential in attracting venture capitals’ investment, which accelerate the growth of new technology ventures. The practical implication for entrepreneurs is that they need to obtain the endorsement from business groups and governments strategically.


Determinants, Moderators And Consequences Of Organizational Interaction Orientation, Christian Hoops, Michael Bücker Jan 2013

Determinants, Moderators And Consequences Of Organizational Interaction Orientation, Christian Hoops, Michael Bücker

Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation JEMI

Interaction orientation reflects the ability of a company to interact with the individual customer and to gather information from successful interactions. Four dimensions of interaction orientation are identified in the literature: customer concept, interaction response capacity, customer empowerment and customer value management (Ramani and Kumar, 2008). This study shows that indeed a fifth dimension of interaction orientation exists and investigates the determinants, moderators and consequences of this construct. The first notable finding is that B2B companies exhibit a greater degree of interaction orientation than B2C firms. Ramani and Kumar hypothesized that in their study. We show that there are B2C …