CEO Cash Compensation in Private Venture-Backed U.S. Companies

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ola Bengtsson ◽  
John R. M. Hand
Keyword(s):  
Cash Compensation ◽  
Private Venture

scholarly journals Sustainable Investments in Responsible SMEs: That’s What’s Distinguish Government VCs from Private VCs

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Jeaneth Johansson ◽  
Malin Malmström ◽  
Joakim Wincent
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Investment Decisions ◽  
Societal Impact ◽  
Venture Capitalists ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
Sustainable Investments ◽  
Private Venture ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Level Performance

Researchers question the impact of governmental venture capitalists (GVC) compared to private venture capitalists (PVC), but we know little about why this difference occurs and if this criticism is justified. We observed a group of GVCs and developed a new model that describes the way that GVCs process signals pre- and post-decisions. Certain macro level factors severely undermine micro level performance, causing GVCs to financially underperform with respect to PVCs. This helped us to understand that GVCs do not make investment decisions in the same way as PVCs, and what undermines the performance of GVCs’ decision-making processes. The main goals of GVCs are to promote investments in responsible SMEs, mobilizing societal impact. We discuss that the criticism of GVC needs to be more nuanced, as they have a different role than PVC in the financial system as providers of sustainable investments in responsible SMEs.

Counter-cyclical public venture capital: Debt-funding as an anti-austerity innovation strategy

2017 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 477-495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Etzkowitz ◽  
Henry Etzkowitz
Keyword(s):  
Venture Capital ◽  
Interest Rates ◽  
Innovation Strategy ◽  
Productive Capacity ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Low Interest Rates ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Business Cycle ◽  
Smart Specialization ◽  
Private Venture

This article outlines a counter-cyclical innovation strategy to achieve prosperity, derived from an innovative project, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). We identify an ‘innovation paradox’ in that the very point in the business cycle, when legislators are tempted to view austerity as a cure for economic downturns and to reduce innovation spend, is when an increase is most needed to create new industries and jobs and innovate out of recession or depression. It is both desirable and possible that policymakers resist the urge to capitulate to the innovation paradox. During periods that exhibit subdued inflation, elevated spare productive capacity, and low government borrowing rates, governments should increase their borrowings and use the proceeds to boost investment targeted towards innovation. We show how the State of California successfully utilized debt financing, traditionally reserved for physical infrastructure projects, to stimulate the development of intellectual infrastructure. Finally, we recommend a halt to European austerity policies and a ‘triple helix’ broadening of narrow ‘smart specialization’ policies that chase a private venture capital chimera. Europe should seize the present macroeconomic opportunity of low interest rates, borrow for innovation and be paid back manifold by ‘picking winners’, similarly to what the USA has been doing through DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) with GPS, as a response to Sputnik, the Internet and artificial intelligence, or the driverless car, formerly known as the ‘autonomous land vehicle’ in its military guise. Proactively targeted macroscopic investments in innovation are needed to solve the productivity/employment puzzle and foster the transition to a knowledge-based society.

Does Independent Director’s Cash Compensation Matter? Evidence from Corporate Fraud

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Radwan Alkebsee ◽  
Gaoliang TIAN ◽  
Alexandros Garefalakis ◽  
Andreas Koutoupis ◽  
Panagiotis Kyriakogkonas
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Fraud ◽  
Cash Compensation

scholarly journals Nest characteristics and populations of Tapanuli Orangutans in the conflict areas, Batangtoru Landscape, North Sumatra, Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wanda Kuswanda ◽  
R. HAMDANI HARAHAP ◽  
HADI S. ALIKODRA ◽  
ROBERT SIBARANI
Keyword(s):  
Tree Height ◽  
Buffer Zone ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Line Transect ◽  
Buffer Zones ◽  
Conservation Area ◽  
Durio Zibethinus ◽  
Canopy Area ◽  
Cash Compensation ◽  
Production Forests

Abstract. Kuswanda W, Harahap RH, Alikodra JS, Sibarani R. 2020. Nest characteristics and populations of Tapanuli orangutans in Batangtoru Landscape, South Tapanuli District, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 21: 3398-3406. Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) has been threatened to extinction due to conflicts with humans. Information on the orangutan characteristics in conflict areas at the Batangtoru Landscape is needed. Our research aimed to analyze the characteristics of nests, nest trees, and estimation of orangutan populations in conservation forests and buffer zones to develop conflict mitigation strategies in the Batangtoru Landscape, South Tapanuli District. A line transect method was used to count orangutan nests on 49 transects, starting from June 2019 to January 2020. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, frequency tables, Spearman correlation (rho), and the equation by (van Schaick et al. 1995). Tapanuli orangutans make nests at the height of 14.01 meters (90% CI = 13.37-14.67 meters), and most use the main stem as nest support. Tree nests of 35 species (17 families) were identified, with the highest frequency in (Durio zibethinus Murray), especially in the buffer zone. Correlation between nest tree diameter, tree height, and canopy area was significant (p <0.01, n = 83). The estimated orangutan populations in conflict areas were 155 individuals (95% CI = 121-187), and the highest was found in Dolok Sibualbuali Nature Reserve buffer zones. Mitigation strategy of human-orangutan conflict that needs to be realized is the non-cash compensation guaranteeing the community does not disturb orangutans on their land. The compensation forms can be the provision of seedlings and fertilizer for plants, agricultural machinery, knowledge to land management, and orangutan ecotourism development. Nest and feed trees enrichment can be carried out in production forests bordering with conservation area.

A Gender Gap in Executive Cash Compensation in Thailand: A View of the Expectancy Theory

2017 ◽  
pp. 147-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kannikar Namwong ◽  
Tatre Jantarakolica ◽  
Thanomsak Suwannoi ◽  
Jutamas Wongkantarakorn
Keyword(s):  
Gender Gap ◽  
Expectancy Theory ◽  
Cash Compensation

Deepstar Hull Fabrication

1965 ◽  
Vol 2 (04) ◽  
pp. 360-369
Author(s):  
George F. Gayer
Keyword(s):  
Salt Water ◽  
Water Environment ◽  
Welding Process ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Automatic Welding ◽  
Electric Motors ◽  
Camera Port ◽  
Ac Power ◽  
Welding Alloy ◽  
Private Venture

Deepstar is a self-propelled, manned vehicle for deep-sea research. It is being built as a private venture by Westinghouse Underseas Division, Baltimore, under a technical exchange license with Captain Cousteau and the OFRS (Office Francais de Recherches Sous-Marines) of Marseilles, France. Deepstar is designed to carry a crew of three to depths of 4000 ft for periods up to 24 hr. It is powered by two 4½-hpbattery-operated electric motors which propel it at about 3 knots, with a maximum range of about 20 miles. Overall dimensions of the vehicle are 13 ft long by 7 ft high by 11½ft wide over the fairing. The pressure sphere which houses the crew was built for our Baltimore Underseas Division by Westinghouse, Sunnyvale Marine Division. It measures 70 in. od and was fabricated from two hemispheres of high-strength steel. These hemispheres were spun from alloy plates 1?in. and then machined both inside and outside to 1.2 in. thick. Accurate machining was essential to maintain the sphericity required for pressure stability. After machining, the two hemispheres were welded together by an automatic welding process. The sphere has a total of 11 penetrations through the shell, including an access hatch, 2 viewports, a camera port, 2 electrical passages and 5 shaft openings. Reinforcements for the larger openings were made by welding alloy-steel forgings into the shell. Small openings were reinforced by weld metal buildup through which holes were drilled. All reinforcements were then machined to provide accurate penetrations and sealing surfaces. An extensive metallurgical testing program was conducted to insure that all material and welding used in the sphere had the strength and toughness required for operation at maximum depths. Pressure tests have been conducted in a chamber to 1.2 maximum operating depth. Sunnyvale also made the electric motors for Deepstar. These free-flooded ac motors are suspended outside the pressure hull. Unusual problems solved by special processing included electrical insulation in the salt water environment and water-lubricated bearings. AC power for the motors is provided from the batteries through a rotary inverter with semi-conductor controls.

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