E. Ughetto

Who Are You Hanging Out With? The Conditional Importance of Investment Managers’ Personal Reputation in the Formation of Venture Capital Syndication Ties

Abstract We examine how the two dimensions of VC managers' personal reputation, that is, ‘being known’ and ‘being known for quality’, jointly influence the formation of initial syndication ties. We propose that VC managers follow a two‐stage cognitive process. In the first stage,...