Scarlata, Mariarosa and Alemany, Luisa (2008) Philanthropic venture capital: can the key elements of venture capital be applied successfully to social enterprises. Working paper series. Social Science Research Network.
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This paper examines how the venture capital (VC) model is applied to philanthropic venture capital (PhVC). The key aims of the paper are a) to define PhVC and, by transposing its key elements, i.e., "capital" and "advice and engagement", to provide a clear and precise definition of philanthropic venture capitalists (PhVCs); b) to formulate four main hypotheses aiming to test whether, how, and to what extent the typical for-profit VC model, as described by Gompers and Lerner (2001), can be considered as applied to PhVC as well. By analyzing secondary sources we report preliminary results which show that in the screening phase of PhVC investments and during monitoring activities, PhVCs behave like their for-profit counterparts, i.e., the venture capitalists.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Working Paper) |
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| Official URL: | http://www.ssrn.com |
| Additional Information: | © 2010 Social Science Electronic Publishing, Inc. |
| Divisions: | Finance |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HG Finance |
| JEL classification: | G - Financial Economics > G2 - Financial Institutions and Services > G24 - Investment Banking; Venture Capital; Brokerage; Rating Agencies M - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting > M1 - Business Administration > M13 - Entrepreneurship |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Dec 2010 14:38 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2023 23:14 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/30880 |
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