Factors influencing the number of current investees for selected venture capital firms in Africa
By: Jonathan Adongo
Series: NEPRU research report -- no. 41; NEPRU research report -- no. 41.
Publisher: Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Windhoek, Namibia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 61
Copyright date: 2005
Subjects: Venture capital; Econometric models; Investments
Description: "This report represents one of the first attempts to econometrically identify the factors influencing the number of current investees in venture capital firms' portfolios across Africa. It applied Ordinary Least Squares to an Analysis of Covariance model to achieve this objective using two paradigms, i.e. the 'country of management' criterion, which capters the characteristics of where the venture capital firm is based and the 'country of destination' criterion, which captures the characteristics of where they invest"--P. iv.
Notes: "April 2006."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 50-54).

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