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The author examines the impact of foreign portfolio investment on the financial constraints of small firms. Using a dataset of over 195,000 firm-year observations across 53 countries, the author examines the impact of foreign portfolio investment on capital issuance and firm growth across countries and firm characteristics, in particular size.

According to the report, the angel investor market has shown signs of a modest growth in 2005, with total investments of $23.1 billion, an increase of 2.7% over 2004. A total of 49,500 entrepreneurial ventures received angel funding in 2005, a 3.1% increase from 2004.

This report looks at benchmarks for four different types of risk capital that come into play at different stages in the start up and growth of businesses. Wisconsin ranks in the middle of the pack with respect to risk capital investing in SBIR awards, venture capital investments, and initial public offerings (IPO). State rankings put Wisconsin at 24th in SBIR awards, 35th in venture capital, and 21st in IPO activity.

The authors estimate the rate of return to firm investments in human capital in the form of formal job training. They use a panel of large firms with unusually detailed information on the duration of training, the direct costs of training, and several firm characteristics such as their output, workforce characteristics and capital stock

The report analyses North American cleantech venture
capital investment activity, looking back to 1999 and projecting forward to 2009. The intent is to give investors and other stakeholders insight into investment patterns and prospects in this emerging category in order to assist current and future investment and policy-related decisions. The study found between 1999 and Q2 2005, more than $7.3 billion of venture capital was invested in North American cleantech companies.

The paper was presented at a symposium to examine best practices for the states in establishing and operating state sponsored venture capital programs.

The objective of this paper is to enhance the body of knowledge for entrepreneurs and VCs alike and to offer prescriptive best practices for the benefit of the venture capital industry.

There is an extensive literature on the determinants of capital structure for developed countries, but little has been said about emerging economies. This article analyzes the driving forces of capital structure in Chile for the period 1990-2002.

This paper investigates the impact of foreign acquisition on the performances of a sample of Slovenian manufacturing firms subject to takeover in 1997. Their analysis confirms that foreign investors acquire only the most productive firms, while finds no convincing evidence that the performances of such firms improve in the post-acquisition period as a result of foreign acquisition.

This paper argues that industrialization remains vital to African development. It describes the current global industrial setting and analyses the recent performance of African manufacturing relative to that of other developing regions.