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Showing 1 to 20 of 65 for “"VCS"”.
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From value-added VCs to equity crowdfunding syndicates : the new platforms of the venture capital industry
"If you look at the venture business, for an industry that funds innovation - it really doesn't have that much", declared Josh Kopelman, founding partner at First Round Capital, in 2013. Notwithstanding, observing the industry in the last decade, one can identify at least two evolutions. First, a …
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Sustainability, the voluntary sector and local governance in East Yorkshire
… role played by Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) groups in contributing to the governance of sustainable development. The research involves an intensive case study of VCS groups in Hull and East Riding, East Yorkshire, focusing upon Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPs), Local Biodiversity …
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Extremum seeking control of battery powered vapor compression systems for vehicles
… of battery powered vapor compression systems (VCS) for vehicles. Battery powered VCS are critical for maintaining passenger comfort in engine-off situations, and are especially important to long-haul truck drivers who sleep inside their vehicle overnight. However, one drawback of battery …
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Unlocking the research potential of version control logs created by commercial video game development studios
… the logs created by version control software (VCS). These logs have unrealized research potential because unlike nearly all other types of software engineering, commercial video game development studios use Perforce – a centralised enterprise VCS system which encourages rigid use patterns, …
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The role of venture capitalists in financing and developing high-technology start-ups
… the interaction between venture capitalists (VCs) and start-up development through three essays. A common theme is that VCs serve important extra-financial and information brokering roles. In the first essay, using the setting of entrepreneurs obtaining financing from VCs, I empirically …
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Venture capital in emerging economies: a comparative study between South Africa and Poland
… The findings also show that South African VCs have very different experiences compared to the Asian VCs mainly due to institutionalization. In conclusion emerging market VCs sectors in Poland and South Africa are seen as having environments that are not deterrent to the growth of the …
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Analyzing VC influence on startup success : a people-centric network theory approach
… smaller return-on-investment. We also find that VCs are more central in the Twitter network than non-VCs, have greater Twitter popularity, yet tweet significantly less. Our results indicate that VCs carry a considerable amount of financial and social capital, which they transmit to the startups …
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Strategic entrepreneurship for resources and innovation: the case of voluntary and community organisations in the south-west of England.
… capacity of the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) in the South-West of England. Ten years ago, the VCS was cash rich, regulation was improving, fundraising had come of age and the doors to public services were open. Although, the needs of people are increasing, government and local …
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Decision-Making in Early-Stage Startups: How Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors Evaluate Uncertainty
… is to examine how venture capitalists (VCs) and angel investors (AIs) make investment decisions regarding early-stage startups. Using an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) framework—consisting of three core components: phenomenology, hermeneutics, and idiography—this study …
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Corporate governance, professionalisation and performance of IPO firms. The role of founders and venture capitalists.
… thesis examines the role venture capitalists (VCs) and founders play with respect to both structural board characteristics and board capital in terms of experience and prestige and whether these are linked to performance. It claims that VCs and founders shape the governance system of the firms …
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Exploring the catalytic influence of development finance institutions (DFIs) on South African venture capital (VC)
… and investment decisions, and with debt in VCs' value creation; and that general market support influences the frameworks adopted, and market approaches used in VC funds' strategies and investment strategies. These engagements are experienced in both negative (due to slow and bureaucratic …
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Exploring the catalytic influence of development finance institutions (DFIs) on South African venture capital (VC)
… and investment decisions, and with debt in VCs' value creation; and that general market support influences the frameworks adopted, and market approaches used in VC funds' strategies and investment strategies. These engagements are experienced in both negative (due to slow and bureaucratic …
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Possible role of the ventromedial hypothalamus in estrus termination following vaginocervical stimulation of the rat
Vaginocervical stimulation (VCS) of the female rat during copulation is known to be the primary stimulus responsible for a decreased duration of the receptivity period called behavioral estrus. Central mechanisms by which VCS accelerates the onset of estrus termination in rats are not completely …
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Multi-stakeholder quantitative analysis of sustainability for value delivery systems
… of Space Exploration as a Value Creating System (VCS), its second layer is the stakeholders who control the resources that satisfy those needs, and its third layer is the stakeholders' needs. Our model tries to measure the ability of different architectures to increase stakeholder needs …
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A comparative study of the South African venture capital and private equity industry with special reference to the investment decision-making process
… similar studies around the world, South African VCs seek out quality entrepreneurial teams. They do this using an array of evaluation criteria which endeavour to flush out the risks inherent in the investments they are evaluating. In South Africa VCs seek strong management and overwhelmingly rate …
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Secure and privacy-preserving fog-assisted vehicular crowdsensing
Vehicular crowdsensing (VCS) is an emerging paradigm where vehicles use onboard sensors to collect and share data with the aim of measuring phenomena of common interest. VCS has allowed for automated control as well as analysis of road surface quality. These innovations have thus encouraged and …
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Essays on Financing of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Chapter 1 examines how venture capitalists (VCs) adapt their financing strategies to support startups competing against deep-pocketed incumbents. Employing textual analysis to identify a startup's potential competitors, I show that when competitors are cash-rich, VCs deploy a financing strategy …
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A version control interface for graphical discrete-event models
… the software world via version control systems (VCS): sets of tools and procedures designed to automate the more tedious parts of the problem where possible and to ease the burden on human developers when their input is needed. However, such solutions are designed for text, making them difficult …
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Cryptographic Techniques for Verifiable Credentials with Applications to Authentication Procedures
Verifiable credentials (VCs) serve as the digital counterparts to physical credentials, with their security assured through cryptographic methods. The interest on VCs has been renewed by the publication of the European Regulation eIDAS 2.0 that instructs the member states to provide their citizens …
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Three essays on contracting and corporate financing
… showing how investors, venture capitalists (VCs), and entrepreneurs form venture capital funds (VCFs). Investors' demand for VC services depends on their beliefs about the accuracy of VC screening and their expected revenue without the VC. The quality of screening depends on VCs' information, …
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