The aim of this paper is to identify the key factors that lie behind venture capital/private equity fundraising in countries where there is scarce and asymmetric information about final returns. The main contribution of this paper is to explain fundraising by means of variables directly related to the venture capital process rather than by macroeconomic ones. We use panel data techniques on dat...

Rooted deeply in society and the scientific world, DCS established for the commemoration of its 50th anniversary a range of events, each aiming at a special part of its backing. Speach-making was a congress annex information market where patients and careproviders met and discussed developments in cancer control and the needs of patients. In September DCS together with the association of next o...

This paper investigates how the control benefits of a broker’s structural position are constrained by the perceived quality of actors a broker may represent in an exchange. I propose that brokers prefer to represent high quality actors but also that the value an actor places on representation is inversely related to the actor’s perceived quality. This tension implies that neither the actors tha...

Most theories of motivation and behavior (and lay intuitions alike) consider pain and effort to be deterrents. In contrast to this widely held view, we provide evidence that the prospect of enduring pain and exerting effort for a prosocial cause can promote contributions to the cause. Specifically, we show that willingness to contribute to a charitable or collective cause increases when the con...

Medical libraries are discovering that ongoing collaboration in fundraising with other types of community libraries is mutually beneficial. Such partnerships may lead to joint grants, increase library visibility and access to decision makers, allow participation in community information networks, and provide leverage in additional fundraising projects. These partnerships have the potential to r...

Good Farming Practice applied as agovernment-based guideline for good and precise cultivation in raising livestock. The main objective of farming practice is to increase livestock population, meat production productivity. Published guidance contained how apply practices goats sheep cultivation, but priority each aspect not available. Based on that guidance, 5 aspects were determined which inclu...

Charities often let the sum of contributions determine the quantity of services to provide. Some organizations, however, have the option of setting a minimum threshold necessary for provision of the public good, allowing donors to pledge donations contingent on the threshold being reached. Contributions are only collected when su±cient funds have been pledged. We show that contribution-maximizi...

We compare two fixed-prize mechanisms for funding public goods, an all-pay auction and a lottery, where public good provision can only occur if the participants’ contributions equal or exceed the fixed-prize value. We show that the provisional nature of the fixed-prize means that efficiency and endowment conditions must both be satisfied to assure positive public good provision. Our main findin...

Fact: Holding force constant, a snowball thrown from 10 feet away will hurt more than one thrown from 50 feet away; it will have more impact. We show that people expect charitable donations-much like snowballs-to have more impact on nearby (vs. faraway) targets. Therefore, because making an impact is a powerful motivator of prosocial behavior, people are more willing to take action to help near...