TY - JOUR
T1 - Syndication through social embeddedness
T2 - A comparison of foreign, private and state-owned venture capital (VC) firms
AU - Luo, Jar Der
AU - Rong, Ke
AU - Yang, Kunhao
AU - Guo, Rong
AU - Zou, Ya Qi
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements We are grateful for the financial support of Center for Social Network Research, Tsinghua University and Tsinghua’s research project BTrust and Guanxi Studies on Internet,^ Project No. 20121088015, as well as the support of Chinese Natural Science Foundation Project BSocial Network in Big Data Analysis: A Case in Investment Network,^ Project No. 71372053 and 71402051, and National 863 Project No. 20141860074.
Funding Information:
We are grateful for the financial support of Center for Social Network Research, Tsinghua University and Tsinghua?s research project ?Trust and Guanxi Studies on Internet,? Project No. 20121088015, as well as the support of Chinese Natural Science Foundation Project ?Social Network in Big Data Analysis: A Case in Investment Network,? Project No. 71372053 and 71402051, and National 863 Project No. 20141860074.
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PY - 2019/6/15
Y1 - 2019/6/15
N2 - This paper explores the different syndication behavior in various types of Chinese venture capitals (VC), in particular it focuses on foreign, private-owned and state-owned VC firms and these firms’ behavior when faced with institutional uncertainties. Mixed methods data analysis was conducted using the Simuton database of 1,173 VC firms and snowball interviews were also conducted in the Chinese state-owned and private-owned VCs as well as foreign VCs. Findings indicate foreign VC investors are more willing to build much denser relationships than those of Chinese state-owned and private VC firms in order to overcome the uncertainty. This result provides additional evidence that adopting close relationships or a guanxi-based (informal social network) strategy does not only depend on cultural issues such as East Asian culture, but also on high institutional uncertainty. Furthermore, this paper develops four propositions on how VC firms establish syndication influenced by high institutional uncertainty. Finally, the conclusion and discussion sections put forward implications to VC companies about how informal social networks facilitate the internationalization process and growth in foreign markets.
AB - This paper explores the different syndication behavior in various types of Chinese venture capitals (VC), in particular it focuses on foreign, private-owned and state-owned VC firms and these firms’ behavior when faced with institutional uncertainties. Mixed methods data analysis was conducted using the Simuton database of 1,173 VC firms and snowball interviews were also conducted in the Chinese state-owned and private-owned VCs as well as foreign VCs. Findings indicate foreign VC investors are more willing to build much denser relationships than those of Chinese state-owned and private VC firms in order to overcome the uncertainty. This result provides additional evidence that adopting close relationships or a guanxi-based (informal social network) strategy does not only depend on cultural issues such as East Asian culture, but also on high institutional uncertainty. Furthermore, this paper develops four propositions on how VC firms establish syndication influenced by high institutional uncertainty. Finally, the conclusion and discussion sections put forward implications to VC companies about how informal social networks facilitate the internationalization process and growth in foreign markets.
KW - Guanxi (informal social network)
KW - Liability of foreignness
KW - Social embeddedness
KW - State-owned
KW - Syndication
KW - Venture capital (VC)
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U2 - 10.1007/s10490-017-9561-9
DO - 10.1007/s10490-017-9561-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85043378842
SN - 0217-4561
VL - 36
SP - 499
EP - 527
JO - Asia Pacific Journal of Management
JF - Asia Pacific Journal of Management
IS - 2
ER -