Abstract
Network status is generally considered to be a valuable firm asset; however, its effects are not well understood in the context of cross-border VC investments, as foreign VC firms can have different statuses in their home and host countries, and prior research has considered only the effects of home-country network status. Theorizing the importance of a foreign VC firm's network status in the host country for cross-border VC investments, we hypothesize a positive performance effect for network status in the host country. Furthermore, we theorize that the performance effect of a VC firm's network status in the host country is stronger in countries with weaker host-country regulatory institutions. We test these hypotheses using a global sample of cross-border VC investments and find support for our arguments.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Research Policy |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| Publication status | Published - Jun 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We would also like to acknowledge valuable comments on previous versions of the paper from Douglas Cumming, Gokhan Ertug, Isin Guler, Sophie Manigart, Miguel Meuleman, Mike Peng, Brian Pinkham, and Ilan Vertinsky, as well as from the participants of the Academy of Management Meetings in Atlanta and the SMS Special Conference in Hong Kong, and the seminar participants at Aalto University, Copenhagen Business School, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and Tilburg University.
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