This thesis investigates whether investors have different screening criteria for commercial high-tech and social techs and the possible underlying reasons for these differences. The outcome is generated from interviews that reflect entrepreneurs’ perspectives, especially at the early stage when they interact with traditional investors. This knowledge is combined with analysis of database values and theory in enterprise financing. By taking the experience of high techs as a base, the differences of social techs are investigated in four main areas: financial sustainability, human capital, product and market-related criteria, and inter-organisational relations between investors and enterprises. It is found that while investing in social techs, investors loosen their financial criteria to improve their reputation in the eyes of stakeholders. They invest in broader geography due to the nature of social techs: geographical distribution pattern and their high growth potential in developing countries. For other investment criteria, investors are stricter toward social techs. They are looking for a higher quality of human capital, market attractiveness, and more diverse alliances. They are also looking for an enterprise with which their target and vision are aligned. The main underlying reason to have stricter criteria might be compensating for higher risk due to the agency problem and high information asymmetry.
Questa tesi indaga se gli investitori hanno criteri di screening diversi per l'high-tech commerciale e le tecnologie sociali e le possibili ragioni alla base di queste differenze. Il risultato è generato da interviste che riflettono le prospettive degli imprenditori, soprattutto nella fase iniziale quando interagiscono con gli investitori tradizionali. Questa conoscenza è combinata con l'analisi dei valori del database e la teoria nel finanziamento delle imprese. Prendendo come base l'esperienza delle high tech, le differenze delle tecnologie sociali vengono studiate in quattro aree principali: sostenibilità finanziaria, capitale umano, criteri relativi ai prodotti e al mercato e relazioni inter-organizzative tra investitori e imprese. Si è riscontrato che mentre investono nelle tecnologie sociali, gli investitori allentano i loro criteri finanziari per migliorare la propria reputazione agli occhi degli stakeholder. Investono in una geografia più ampia a causa della natura delle tecnologie sociali: modello di distribuzione geografica e loro alto potenziale di crescita nei paesi in via di sviluppo. Per altri criteri di investimento, gli investitori sono più severi nei confronti delle tecnologie sociali. Stanno cercando una maggiore qualità del capitale umano, attrattiva del mercato e alleanze più diversificate. Stanno anche cercando un'impresa con la quale il loro obiettivo e la loro visione siano allineati. Il motivo principale alla base dell'adozione di criteri più severi potrebbe essere la compensazione di un rischio maggiore dovuto al problema dell'agenzia e all'elevata asimmetria informativa.
A comparison of investors screening criteria for social techs and commercial high techs
Korkut, Hacer
2020/2021
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This thesis investigates whether investors have different screening criteria for commercial high-tech and social techs and the possible underlying reasons for these differences. The outcome is generated from interviews that reflect entrepreneurs’ perspectives, especially at the early stage when they interact with traditional investors. This knowledge is combined with analysis of database values and theory in enterprise financing. By taking the experience of high techs as a base, the differences of social techs are investigated in four main areas: financial sustainability, human capital, product and market-related criteria, and inter-organisational relations between investors and enterprises. It is found that while investing in social techs, investors loosen their financial criteria to improve their reputation in the eyes of stakeholders. They invest in broader geography due to the nature of social techs: geographical distribution pattern and their high growth potential in developing countries. For other investment criteria, investors are stricter toward social techs. They are looking for a higher quality of human capital, market attractiveness, and more diverse alliances. They are also looking for an enterprise with which their target and vision are aligned. The main underlying reason to have stricter criteria might be compensating for higher risk due to the agency problem and high information asymmetry.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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