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Emergent Properties of a New Financial Market: American Venture Capital Syndication, 1960-2005

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  • Bruce Kogut

    (INSEAD, Boulevard de Constance, Fontainebleau 77305, France)

  • Pietro Urso

    (INSEAD, Boulevard de Constance, Fontainebleau 77305, France)

  • Gordon Walker

    (Cox School of Business, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275)

Abstract

The recorded transactions of venture capital investments permit a direct examination of the Braudel hypothesis that regional markets evolve dynamically and interdependently in reference to a global system. This hypothesis contradicts the popular belief that regional financial development is anchored in dense clusters. Using methods of complex graphs, we analyze 159,561 transactions over nearly 45 years to demonstrate the rapid emergence of a national network of syndications. A giant component emerges early in the history of the industry, which subsumes the regional and sectoral subgraphs. The results confirm the Braudel hypothesis over the role of regional clusters, rejects preferential attachment in favor of repeated ties among trusted partners, and emphasizes the importance of dynamics and complex weighted graphs for the analysis of social and economic behavior.

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  • Bruce Kogut & Pietro Urso & Gordon Walker, 2007. "Emergent Properties of a New Financial Market: American Venture Capital Syndication, 1960-2005," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 53(7), pages 1181-1198, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ormnsc:v:53:y:2007:i:7:p:1181-1198
    DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1060.0620
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