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Ilan Talmud
University of Haifa, Sociology
Dept. of Sociology
University of Haifa
Haifa, Israel, Israel 31905
Phone : 048240992
Fax : 048240819
E-mail : talmud@soc.haifa.ac.il
Website : http://soc.haifa.ac.il/~talmud/
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| Sunbelt XXIX - March 10 to March 15, 2009 - Bahia Hotel | | Abstract : Investments and Relations: The Social Organization of Venture Capital Industry in Israel |
This study examines the social embeddedness of venture capital (hereafter: VC) industry in Israel. More specifically, it inquires into the social organization of the Israeli VC industry 1995- 2004. The study purposes are (a) to explore structural patterns of VC networks, and (b) to shed light onto these patterns over time. Moreover, the study aims to analyze (a) relations between VC funds via their joint investments in entrepreneurial firms, and (b) the relational patterns of technological firms, through their joint relations with VC funds.
Venture capital funds and entrepreneurial firms have symbiotic, inter-dependent relations. Previous studies have explained the tendency of VC funds to co-invest by their need to reduce higher degree of uncertainty and information asymmetry they encounter (Bygrve, 1988; Amit, et. al., 1990). Additionally, an investment by a VC fund provides the entrepreneurial firm social access to new information and market opportunities (Burt, 1992; Nohria, 1992).
The main hypothesis, derived from network governance theories and from the resource-exchange model, is that the level of interconnectedness of firms increases with the degree to which uncertainty is prevalent in the firms' environment.
The study analyzes relational patterns using network models of competitive advantage, social capital, and power dispersion. Data will be gathered from Israel VC Research Center's annual sourcebooks, specifying all investments of VC funds. Data will be processed and analyzed using standard network models, facilitated mainly via the analytical software UCINET VI. The evolution of the network parameters over time will be examined as well. Complementary secondary and qualitative data sources were used as well.
Implications of this study are highly significant for economic sociology, organizational sociology, network theory, and the structural analysis of business.
We found that across times, relational properties of VC funds predict their performance, over and above key financial properties of the fund. |
| Sunbelt XXX - June 29 to July 04, 2010 - Riva del Garda Fierecongressi | | Abstract : IM Social Networks: Individual, Relational and Cultural Characteristics |
| Prevalent research on information and communication technologies (ICTs) tends to focus on either individual or group level characteristics, while neglecting to investigate the effect of relational variables on communication. We collected survey data in Israel (N = 492) and Canada (N = 293) to investigate the effect of individual, relational and cultural variables on frequency and topic multiplexity of Instant Messaging communication among dyads of university students. In both countries, we found that university students living in geographical proximity communicated more frequently and on more topics than students living at geographical distance did. Relationship type had an effect on patterns of IM communication: communication with close friends and romantic partners was more frequent than with distant friends and family ties. Additionally, perceived closeness was positively associated with frequency and topic multiplexity. More important, we show that IM communication patterns reflect the type and nature of existing relationships between contacts rather than individual attributes and cultural characteristics of the communicators. |
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