Article ID: | iaor20106460 |
Volume: | 27 |
Issue: | 1 |
Start Page Number: | 171 |
End Page Number: | 180 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2010 |
Journal: | Korean Management Science Review |
Authors: | Song Sung-hwan, Gwon Seong-hoon, Hong Soon-ki, Yoo Kyung-jin, Bae Young-im |
Keywords: | venture capital |
There are several stage in corporate's life cycle such as foundation, growth, maturity or bankruptcy. A bankruptcy is very important for corporate in the life cycle. Especially, venture business' life cycle is short compare to other type of corporate. A lot of venture businesses have emerged and bankrupted soon in the market. Venture businesses' survival or bankruptcy have been influenced by not only external environment like the rate of exchange, oil price, and foreign exchange crisis but also internal environment such as efficiency, process, human resources, finance and CEO. In this paper, we attempt to examine financial factors and efficiency that influence on the venture businesses' survival and bankruptcy. The more venture businesses have high efficiency score, the more they have high probability of survival.