Effects of venture capital and private equity on investment-cash flow sesitivity of Spanish firms

The main aim of this research is to fill the gap in the literature about the role played by venture capitalists in the reduction of the natural dependency of SMEs on internally generated funds to finance their growth opportunities. Most of the studies about VC financing on SMEs focus on the determin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Ferrer, María Alejandra
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/47809
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/47809
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:336(043.2)
Capital Riesgo
Restricción financiera
Flujos de caja
Venture capital
Investment to cash flow
Cash flow
Financial market
Finanzas
Administración de empresas
5311 Organización y Dirección de Empresas
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Sumario:The main aim of this research is to fill the gap in the literature about the role played by venture capitalists in the reduction of the natural dependency of SMEs on internally generated funds to finance their growth opportunities. Most of the studies about VC financing on SMEs focus on the determinants of the firm’s access to the financial resources provided for these investors as well as on the facts that determine the entry of venture capitalists. More recently, few papers focus on the investment sensitivity to cash flow in VC-backed firms and they obtain mixed results concerning the impact of VC funding due to methodological and sample selection issues. We conduct our analysis on a representative sample of unlisted Spanish SMEs that were subject to a VC deal. Even though we will also consider mature firms, the main focus of attention will be firms at the expansion stage, for which growth is an important variable and data on both the pre and postinvestment period are available.