Determinants of early entry: governance choices and syndicate networks in US venture capitals' Internet investments

Chun Yun Cheng

The Service Industries Journal, 2011, vol. 32, issue 14, 2219-2232

Abstract: This research addresses the issues of governance choices and attributes of network participants as determinants of early entry by integrating a network perspective into the strategic management literature. Our arguments are tested using data on 813 Internet portfolio companies' investments by the venture capitals (VCs), one of the most rapidly developing sectors of the financial service industry in the USA. The results provide little evidence that governance choices between sole investments and syndicate networks may affect the decision to invest in early movers in the Internet industry. Nevertheless, the attributes of VC investors in initial investments affect the likelihood of investing in early movers. The propensity for syndicate investments in early start-ups in the Internet industry increases with the presence of heterogeneous investors' attributes but decreases with the presence of homogeneous investors' attributes.

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1080/02642069.2011.574282

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