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Human Capital and the Internationalisation of Venture Capital Firms

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Author

  • S. Manigart
  • V. Collewaert
  • M. Wright
  • S. Pruthi
  • A. Lockett
  • H. Bruning
  • U. Hommel
  • Hans Landström

Summary, in English

We examine the neglected area of internationalisation by VCs. Using a representative sample of 195 VCs, we show that the decision of a European VC firm to invest internationally is driven by its human resources. Having more VC executives in general and more VC executives with previous international experience in specific, results in a higher probability of investing internationally. In contrast, more VC executives with experience in the VC industry or with an engineering background lead to a higher probability of remaining domestic.

Department/s

Publishing year

2007

Language

English

Pages

109-125

Publication/Series

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal

Volume

3

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Springer

Topic

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Keywords

  • Venture capital
  • Internationalisation
  • Human capital

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1554-7191