政府背景风险投资对创新的甄选与培育效果——不同区域环境视角的检验

以创业板企业数据为样本，使用Logit模型及工具变量法，研究不同区域环境下政府背景风险投资对企业创新的事前甄选与事后培育作用，并对其机制进行探讨。结果表明：①经济区域对政府背景风险投资行为影响有限，与非核心发达地区相比，金融发达地区的政府背景风险投资对企业技术创新没有表现出差异性甄选行为，但却有更好的事后培育作用，而且这种培育作用会随着地区投资环境优化而增强；②行政区域对政府背景风险投资行为影响显著，与异省投资相比，本省政府背景风险投资对技术创新的事前甄选具有显著优势，但对被投企业后续创新投入产生了一定的负面作用，这种作用会因政府背景风险投资占有董事会席位而加大。     

The role of venture capital in SME loans in China

We examine the role of venture capital (VC) in small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) loans through samples on the National Equities Exchange and Quotations (NEEQ) in China. We find that VC backup can effectively improve SMEs’ access to bank loans, especially short-term loans, at lower costs, and loans without collateral. VC backed loans are also less likely to default and positively related to SMEs’ performance. Our findings further suggest that VC backup reduces the information asymmetry between banks and SMEs through both “hard” information of better-quality financial statement and “soft” information of SMEs’ creditability. Evidenced by enhanced SME financing conditions and bank efficiency in loan allocation, the combined debt-equity financing scheme can be a meaningful new ingredient in the financial infrastructure of the largest emerging market.     

Managing venture team relationships in corporate incubators: a case study of network dynamics and political rivalry in a high-tech incubator

This article addresses venture team relationships in an advanced high tech incubator through an analysis of the personal relationships of venture team members. During the study period of almost 2 years, the ventures were projected to grow and commercialise but, overall, they failed. Quantitative data collected in two rounds showed that commercial relationships remained weak while political relationships intensified. Qualitative follow-up interviews suggest that the political rivalry and low level of knowledge sharing between the ventures were further exacerbated by the individualistic-competitive structure of the incubator and weak management in some respects.     

The price of rapid exit in venture capital-backed IPOs

This paper proposes an explanation for two empirical puzzles surrounding initial public offerings (IPOs). Firstly, it is well documented that IPO underpricing increases during “hot issue” periods. Secondly, venture capital (VC) backed IPOs are less underpriced than non-venture capital backed IPOs during normal periods of activity, but the reverse is true during hot issue periods: VC backed IPOs are more underpriced than non-VC backed ones. This paper shows that when IPOs are driven by the initial investor’s desire to exit from an existing investment in order to finance a new venture, both the value of the new venture and the value of the existing firm to be sold in the IPO drive the investor’s choice of price and fraction of shares sold in the IPO. When this is the case, the availability of attractive new ventures increases equilibrium underpricing, which is what we observe during hot issue periods. Moreover, I show that underpricing is affected by the severity of the moral hazard problem between an investor and the firm’s manager. In the presence of a moral hazard problem the degree of equilibrium underpricing is more sensitive to changes in the value of the new venture. This can explain why venture capitalists, who often finance firms with more severe moral hazard problems, underprice IPOs less in normal periods, but underprice more strongly during hot issue periods. Further empirical implications relating the fraction of shares sold and the degree of underpricing are presented.      

上海近期发展风险资本市场支撑科技创新的政策路径

国家自主创新能力的提升离不开多层次资本市场的支撑,资本市场是自主创新的引擎和推进器,任何科技创新成果的产业化都需要与资本有效结合才能实现。因此,加快构建一个全方位支撑科技创新的风险资本市场体系,是我国当前的一项紧迫任务,也是上海市"创新型城市"建设的迫切要求。本文在分析存在问题的基础上,进一步提出了上海市近期发展风险资本市场支撑科技创新的可行性政策路径。     

中国政府引导基金的引导效果及作用机理

文章使用我国创业投资机构的数据,分析政府引导基金的引导作用及其内部机理。实证研究表明,在获得政府引导基金资助后,创业投资机构向科技型初创企业显著增加投资,说明政府引导基金发挥了引导作用;相比国有创业投资机构,政府引导基金对民营创业投资机构的引导作用更强;相比非创新创业密集地区,政府引导基金在创新创业密集地区发挥的引导作用更大。进一步分析发现,政府引导基金主要是通过"信号传递效应"发挥引导作用,政府引导基金的"风险分担效应"不显著;政府引导基金引导的投资与完全市场化的投资没有显著的绩效差异,说明政府引导基金的引导作用是有效率的。文章不仅揭示了政府引导基金的作用机理,也为政府促进高新技术产业发展提供了政策启示。     

风投是否有助于高科技企业联盟网络构建

以2009-2012年我国创业板的258家高科技上市公司为样本,实证检验风险投资对参股企业产生的信号传递效应。研究发现,风险投资参股对上市公司构建联盟网络具有正向影响。相对于声誉低的风险投资,声誉高的风险投资参股的上市公司具有较高网络中间中心度。进一步研究发现,从上市后的较长时期来看,声誉高的风险投资参股对提升公司网络中心度的影响具有持续性,与声誉低的风险投资差异明显。这两个检验都验证了声誉较高的风险投资机构具有经验和专业化上的优势,获得高声誉的风险投资机构参股可以向潜在合作者传递信号,从而促进联盟网络构建。     

社会创投、资源获取与社会企业绩效关系研究

在社会使命和市场经济的双重驱动下,社会企业通过创新商业模式来解决社会问题。社会创投作为一种新型投资模式,解决社会企业发展难题。由于二者在国内起步较晚,学者们对社会创投如何影响社会企业发展的研究较少。借鉴风险投资和传统商业企业绩效评价体系,实证分析社会创投对社会企业绩效的影响,结果表明：社会企业在接受社会创投后绩效实现提高,并且资源获取在社会创投与社会企业绩效之间具有中介作用。这为社会企业绩效提升以及社会创投与社会企业的发展提供了理论参考和依据。     

非正规部门竞争、政治寻租与新创企业市场创新

市场创新是新创企业生存发展的根本,然而新兴经济体背景下新创企业的市场创新受到多种特定因素的影响。基于制度基础观,利用世界银行中国企业调查数据,实证考察了非正规部门竞争和政治寻租对新创企业市场创新的影响。研究发现,非正规部门竞争和政治寻租均对新创企业的市场创新具有显著的正向影响,但政治寻租未强化非正规部门竞争对企业市场创新的正向影响;非正规竞争导致的对知识产权保护的需求并非是引致新创企业进行政治寻租的主要原因,资金需求和躲避严苛繁琐的政府管制的需要是引诱企业参与政治寻租的主要原因。因此,政策制定者不必过分担忧非正规部门竞争对新创企业的负面影响,而应通过推进企业注册登记便利化和加强知识产权保护逐步消除非正规经济;要通过持续深化市场化改革和简政放权消除企业寻租的动机。     

风险投资、行业经验与创业企业专利组合策略研究

长期以来,对于风险投资能否促进以及如何促进创业企业创新能力在学术界和实践界存在广泛争议,揭示风险投资对创业企业专利组合策略的影响是解决这一问题的关键,但相关研究比较薄弱。以2009-2014年中小板和创业板上市创业企业为样本,利用倾向得分匹配法（PSM）建立实验组和对照组,采用发明专利技术范围和专利重点衡量专利组合策略,实证检验风险投资对创业企业专利组合策略的影响,并进一步检验风险投资是否通过行业经验发挥作用。结果表明,风险投资能拓宽创业企业的专利技术范围,帮助创业企业形成专利重点,风险投资行业经验是影响创业企业专利技术范围的重要因素,但其并未对专利重点发挥作用。研究结论对优化我国创业企业专利战略具有重要实践意义。