Structure of Demand and Supply of Investments of State-Subsidized Venture Capital Funds in Latvia

Prohorovs, Anatolijs; Jonina, Velta

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3092353

“…This also applies to venture capital funds (VCFs), which are used as little as possible. Most of the investments made by state-subsidized VCFs in Latvia are not investments in young innovative companies (Prohorovs and Jonina, 2017). Unlike VCFs of the US and the UK, Latvian VCFs subsidized by the state and not specializing in financing innovative companies in the initial stage of financing do not seek to finance young innovative companies (and innovative companies).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…As the Latvian economy develops, the number of private VC investors, including business angels, investment companies and regional VCFs ready to finance promising companies is increasing. One of the reasons for the lack of quality demand for VC is low awareness about alternative sources of funding (Prohorovs and Jonina, 2017). Availability of financial resources to enterprises is essential for business development.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Activation of youth entrepreneurship in Ukraine: Youth’s view of the problem

GROSUL¹,

ZUBKOV²

2020

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Journal of Business Management Volume 18 mainly comprises papers which are the results of the international research project "Higher Education Institutions for Youth Entrepreneurship". The papers "Development of youth entrepreneurship in Latvia: A comparison of youth's and experts' opinions", "Problems in the development of youth entrepreneurship in the Republic of Armenia" and "Activation of youth entrepreneurship in Ukraine: Youth's view of the problem" are devoted to problems of youth entrepreneurship in Eastern Europe.One of the papers is devoted to a topic of growing importance: women's representation on boards.The final paper of this volume, "Institutional governance matters in the context of social capital and international entrepreneurial entry: A multi-level perspective", is devoted to a better comprehension of institutional governance factors impacting the relationship between social capital possessed by entrepreneurial ventures and their ability to enter the international market.The results of these studies are useful not only for other researchers, but for policymakers as well.All the papers were double-blind peer reviewed. Following the necessary corrections and additions resulting from the review process, five accepted papers were included in the issue.

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“…This also applies to venture capital funds (VCFs), which are used as little as possible. Most of the investments made by state-subsidized VCFs in Latvia are not investments in young innovative companies (Prohorovs and Jonina, 2017). Unlike VCFs of the US and the UK, Latvian VCFs subsidized by the state and not specializing in financing innovative companies in the initial stage of financing do not seek to finance young innovative companies (and innovative companies).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As the Latvian economy develops, the number of private VC investors, including business angels, investment companies and regional VCFs ready to finance promising companies is increasing. One of the reasons for the lack of quality demand for VC is low awareness about alternative sources of funding (Prohorovs and Jonina, 2017). Availability of financial resources to enterprises is essential for business development.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Women’s representation on corporate boards at the global and European level

Dzene¹,

Sennikova²

2020

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Journal of Business Management Volume 18 mainly comprises papers which are the results of the international research project "Higher Education Institutions for Youth Entrepreneurship". The papers "Development of youth entrepreneurship in Latvia: A comparison of youth's and experts' opinions", "Problems in the development of youth entrepreneurship in the Republic of Armenia" and "Activation of youth entrepreneurship in Ukraine: Youth's view of the problem" are devoted to problems of youth entrepreneurship in Eastern Europe.One of the papers is devoted to a topic of growing importance: women's representation on boards.The final paper of this volume, "Institutional governance matters in the context of social capital and international entrepreneurial entry: A multi-level perspective", is devoted to a better comprehension of institutional governance factors impacting the relationship between social capital possessed by entrepreneurial ventures and their ability to enter the international market.The results of these studies are useful not only for other researchers, but for policymakers as well.All the papers were double-blind peer reviewed. Following the necessary corrections and additions resulting from the review process, five accepted papers were included in the issue.

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“…This also applies to venture capital funds (VCFs), which are used as little as possible. Most of the investments made by state-subsidized VCFs in Latvia are not investments in young innovative companies (Prohorovs and Jonina, 2017). Unlike VCFs of the US and the UK, Latvian VCFs subsidized by the state and not specializing in financing innovative companies in the initial stage of financing do not seek to finance young innovative companies (and innovative companies).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Development of youth entrepreneurship in Latvia: A comparison of youth’s and experts’ opinions

Strazda¹,

Kreituss²,

Cirule³

2020

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Journal of Business Management Volume 18 mainly comprises papers which are the results of the international research project "Higher Education Institutions for Youth Entrepreneurship". The papers "Development of youth entrepreneurship in Latvia: A comparison of youth's and experts' opinions", "Problems in the development of youth entrepreneurship in the Republic of Armenia" and "Activation of youth entrepreneurship in Ukraine: Youth's view of the problem" are devoted to problems of youth entrepreneurship in Eastern Europe.One of the papers is devoted to a topic of growing importance: women's representation on boards.The final paper of this volume, "Institutional governance matters in the context of social capital and international entrepreneurial entry: A multi-level perspective", is devoted to a better comprehension of institutional governance factors impacting the relationship between social capital possessed by entrepreneurial ventures and their ability to enter the international market.The results of these studies are useful not only for other researchers, but for policymakers as well.All the papers were double-blind peer reviewed. Following the necessary corrections and additions resulting from the review process, five accepted papers were included in the issue.

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Structure of Demand and Supply of Investments of State-Subsidized Venture Capital Funds in Latvia

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