2019
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-019-00394-7
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Individualism and Venture Capital: A Cross-Country Study

Abstract: We investigate the effect of individualism-a dimension of culture that is strongly associated with entrepreneurship-on venture-capital investments using a large crosscountry sample. Our sample consists of 1496 country-year observations and includes 88 countries from 1998 to 2014. Controlling for economic conditions, the legal environment, and different aspects of culture, we find that individualism is positively and significantly related to venture-capital investments and explains 30% of crosscountry variation… Show more

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“…In their research, Cumming, Henriques, and Sadorsky (2016) show a positive and statistically significant interaction between uncertainty avoidance and governance (regulatory) quality, indicating that uncertainty avoidance moderates the effect of governance quality on venture capital deals. Finally, in another multicountry study, Gantenbein, Kind, and Volonté (2019) show that uncertainty avoidance and governance quality (rule of law) mediate the effect of other cultural variables on venture capital investments.…”
Section: Governance Quality's Moderating Effectmentioning
confidence: 81%
“…In their research, Cumming, Henriques, and Sadorsky (2016) show a positive and statistically significant interaction between uncertainty avoidance and governance (regulatory) quality, indicating that uncertainty avoidance moderates the effect of governance quality on venture capital deals. Finally, in another multicountry study, Gantenbein, Kind, and Volonté (2019) show that uncertainty avoidance and governance quality (rule of law) mediate the effect of other cultural variables on venture capital investments.…”
Section: Governance Quality's Moderating Effectmentioning
confidence: 81%
“…On the other hand, in Japan, entrepreneurship may occur in existing corporations and may be driven by the existence of high levels of loyalty within Japanese corporations (similar to families) (Gantenbein et al 2019). Japanese new product development includes the strength of the disciplined problem solving stream of research by explicitly considering how Japanese cultural tendencies (e.g., high uncertainty avoidance) may be intertwined with the organization of work and selection of problem-solving strategies (Song and Montoya-Weiss 2001).…”
Section: Japanese Management Practices and Issuesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Very frequently measured factors are M&A activity, innovation level, investor protection level, labour regulation, bribery and corruption level, tax burden, unemployment rate, export level, GDP growth, VC ecosystem development, including business angels' activity, worldwide trends including economic shocks, and leading industries [34,38]. The latest trend is acknowledging that cultural features prevailing in the region and, as a result, formal and informal institutions' characteristics are important determinants of VC market development [13,39,40].…”
Section: How Can a Country Activate Vc Market?mentioning
confidence: 99%