Social impact venture capital investing: an explorative study

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Annalisa Croce ◽  
Elisa Ughetto ◽  
Giuseppe Scellato ◽  
Francesco Fontana
Keyword(s):  
Venture Capital ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Explorative Study

Exploring Venture Funding in the Entrepreneurial University

2022 ◽  
pp. 194-221
Author(s):  
Luke Pittaway ◽  
Paul Benedict ◽  
Zsolt Bedő ◽  
Katalin Erdős ◽  
Eli Flournoy
Keyword(s):  
Venture Capital ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Entrepreneurial University ◽  
Impact Investing ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Innovative Thinking ◽  
Sufficient Resource ◽  
Venture Funding ◽  
Public Venture Capital

This chapter considers the role of venture funding in the entrepreneurial university. It begins by discussing the literature on the entrepreneurial university, focusing on the role of financing. The literature shows that there are gaps in the financing of academic and graduate ventures. The second part of the chapter introduces short case examples that illustrate different forms of university-led venture funding, demonstrating how different universities have sought to fill funding gaps by means of seed capital grants, micro-financing, small business research grants, crowdfunding, social impact investing, seed capital investing, public venture capital, and venture capital. The chapter concludes by arguing that universities have sufficient resource endowments and human capital to address many funding gaps through innovative thinking and practice.

scholarly journals Understanding and optimising the social impact of venture capital: Three lessons from Ghana

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Barnett ◽  
Edward Jackson ◽  
Peter O’Flynn ◽  
Hamdiya Ismaila ◽  
Coleman Agyeyomah
Keyword(s):  
Venture Capital ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
The Social

Socially Responsible Investment (SRI)

2018 ◽  
pp. 74-152
Keyword(s):  
Venture Capital ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Socially Responsible Investment ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Corporate Management ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Responsible Investment ◽  
Social Venture ◽  
Social Venture Capital ◽  
Consumer Boycotts

The most common forms to align financial investments with ethical, moral, and social considerations are screenings, shareholder advocacy, community investing, and social venture capital funding. Screenings integrate the evaluation of corporate financial and social performances into portfolio selections. Positive screenings target corporations with sound social and environmental responsibility. Negative screenings exclude entities featuring morally and ethically irresponsible corporate conduct. Shareholder advocacy is the active engagement of shareholders in the corporate management by voting, activism, and dialogue. The majority of shareholders exercise their voting rights by proxy resolutions, in which a third party has the right to advocate for the shareholders before the corporate board. Negative shareholder activism comprises political lobbying, consumer boycotts, stakeholder confrontation, and negative publicity. Community investing describe ear-marks of investment funds for community development, but also features access to financial products and services to un(der)served communities. Social venture capital supports pro-social start-ups and social entrepreneurs for the greater goal of increasing the social impact of financial markets. This chapter explores socially responsible investment.

scholarly journals Venture philianthropy investments

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 336-350
Author(s):  
Anita Lovas
Keyword(s):  
Venture Capital ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Environmental Values ◽  
Social Approach ◽  
Financial Return ◽  
The Social ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Future Management

Consideration of social and environmental values is not a new concept in finance, but Social Finance and Social Investments have become prominent following the crisis. Based on empirical surveys, the social approach has been incorporated into the strategy of venture capital funds, however, the ratio of target companies with a social focus is still limited in actual placings. Since social impact is considered side by side with expected financial return for the selection of companies, the composition of future management has been given more emphasis, for instance, are they capable of a comprehensive vision not limited to business objectives. They provide non-financial support in the period of an investment; joint goal setting and coaching entrepreneurs are the most frequent features.

Of Frames and Cultures - A Cross-Cultural Comparison of TV Newscasts

2006 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 160-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Senokozlieva ◽  
Oliver Fischer ◽  
Gary Bente ◽  
Nicole Krämer
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Comparison ◽  
Explorative Study ◽  
Cross Cultural Comparison ◽  
Tv News ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract. TV news are essentially cultural phenomena. Previous research suggests that the often-overlooked formal and implicit characteristics of newscasts may be systematically related to culture-specific characteristics. Investigating these characteristics by means of a frame-by-frame content analysis is identified as a particularly promising methodological approach. To examine the relationship between culture and selected formal characteristics of newscasts, we present an explorative study that compares material from the USA, the Arab world, and Germany. Results indicate that there are many significant differences, some of which are in line with expectations derived from cultural specifics. Specifically, we argue that the number of persons presented as well as the context in which they are presented can be interpreted as indicators of Individualism/Collectivism. The conclusions underline the validity of the chosen methodological approach, but also demonstrate the need for more comprehensive and theory-driven category schemes.

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