Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 1997
Venture Capital in Transition Economies: The Case of Hungary
Abstract
This paper examines the Hungarian venture capital industry, one of the most well-developed in the emerging economies of Central and Eastern Europe. Using a combination of secondary data, mail questionnaires, and face-to-face Interviews, the paper identifies areas of both similarity and difference with experience in developed capitalist economies. The need for venture capitalists to obtain control is found to be much stronger in Hungary than in the US. The relative importance of DCF and price/earnings ratio methods of valuation are reversed when Hungary and western experience are compared. There was evidence that Hungarian domestic venture capitalists engage in less detailed monitoring than either venture capitalists elsewhere or foreign-based venture capitalists operating in Hungary.
- DOI
- 10.1177/104225879702100407
- Sources
- openalex