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Network dynamics, regional embeddedness, and investment performance in the venture investment arena.

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Network dynamics, regional embeddedness, and investment performance in the venture investment arena./
作者:	van Stelle, Jennifer.
面頁冊數:	172 p.
附註:	Adviser: Mark Granovetter.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International67-05A.
標題:	Economics, Commerce-Business. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3219402
ISBN:	9780542708367

Network dynamics, regional embeddedness, and investment performance in the venture investment arena.
van Stelle, Jennifer.

Network dynamics, regional embeddedness, and investment performance in the venture investment arena. - 172 p.

Adviser: Mark Granovetter.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2006.

This dissertation addresses the question: "How do differences in the structural dimensions of networks, particularly regional embeddedness, and their interplay with changing environmental conditions, affect the performance of actors in these networks over time?" I produce various hypotheses based on the network paradigm and concepts such as nodal span, brokerage, and embeddedness, as well as arguments about regional advantage, the salience of geography, the diffusion of information, and uncertainty. The data consist of all private equity (venture) investments made in American companies by all investors, worldwide, from 1980 to 2002. I employ network visualizations and fixed-effects time-series analyses to assess my hypotheses. I find that when economic conditions are unstable, higher levels of regional embeddedness mitigate the effects of such conditions on organizational performance better than lower levels. Under stable economic conditions, organizations with low regional embeddedness appear to perform better than those with higher levels. Similarly, balanced levels of regional embeddedness mitigate the impact of unstable economic conditions on organizational performance better than more extreme levels (either more embedded or less embedded), while under stable conditions, more extreme levels lead to higher performance than balanced levels do. I also test whether geography continues to be salient to the performance of organizations in networks. Results are mixed---span, brokerage, and constraint affect organizational performance much more strongly than regional embeddedness, but do not eliminate region's effects. Embeddedness in network subgroups not based on region affects organizational performance more than regional embeddedness does. When span and brokerage potential are high, and the freedom to leverage one's brokerage position is high, in all but the strongest economy these factors mitigate the impact of economic conditions on organizational performance better than when these dimensions are average. Also, overembedded organizations (those with high span, low brokerage potential and high constraint) perform far worse under all economic conditions than those with average levels of these measures. The findings have implications for scholarship in inter-organizational networks, network dynamics, and urban studies, have policy implications in the areas of regional development/planning, and may help corporate leaders better manage economic uncertainty.

ISBN: 9780542708367Subjects--Topical Terms:

626649
Economics, Commerce-Business.

Network dynamics, regional embeddedness, and investment performance in the venture investment arena.
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