Do Callable Convertibles Support The Investment Process Of A Company? An Analysis Of The World Market Of Hybrid Debt

Using a sample of 1,705 convertible bonds issued by manufacturing and service companies from the United States (1,138 issues); Europe (270); and Asia (297) between 2004 and 2014 this paper investigates the role of callable convertibles in the corporate investment process. This research shows first that callable convertibles are used to finance investment projects particularly by American firms which may exercise new investment options to improve poor financial performance. Secondly, the same strategy may be followed by European companies, but they seem not to carry out investments on as large a scale as American firms. Thirdly, the research results do not provide evidence that Asian enterprises use callable convertibles for investment purposes: they likely use these instruments for different reasons

Comparative Analysis of Private Equity Market in Poland and Other Central and Eastern European Countries

The main goal of this article is an analysis of the development stage attained by the private equity market in Poland and its comparison with similar markets in other countries of Central and Eastern Europe. The main emphasis has been laid on the very essence of this source of capital and its importance for development of small and medium-sized enterprises. The performed analysis has allowed to verity the hypothesis saying that private equity funds in Poland display a greater involvement in comparison with such funds in the remaining countries of this region, which is confirmed by the value of capital invested in Polish enterprises and the value of divestments in Poland. The empirical data used in this article come from statistical reports of the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association.Zasadniczym celem artykułu jest analiza stanu rozwoju rynku private equity w Polsce oraz porównanie go z tego typu rynkami w innych krajach Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej. Opisana zastała istota tego źródła finansowania oraz wskazano jej znaczenie dla rozwoju małych i średnich przedsiębiorstw. W pracy zweryfikowana została hipoteza stwierdzająca, iż fundusze private equity w Polsce wykazują większą aktywność niż w pozostałych krajach regionu, wyrazem czego jest wartość zainwestowanych kapitałów w polskie przedsiębiorstwa oraz wartość zrealizowanych wyjść z inwestycji w Polsce. Wykorzystane w pracy dane empiryczne pochodzą z opracowań statystycznych European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association

Financing constraints for industrial innovation: What do we know?.

This article provides an overview of the most important insights from economic literature on private investment into research and development activity and how it may be constrained by market failure. The focus is on implications from empirical studies for the identification of financially constrained firms with respect to their innovative activities. The empirical evidence for incentive and financing problems for private sector investment in innovation projects has provided ground for governmental interventions to prevent welfare reducing underinvestment in innovation. However, the survey of the literature shows that designing efficient policy schemes is not straightforward as government funds are scarce, and the impact of financial constraints on investment may differ substantially across firms, types of R&D projects and the organization of financial markets in different countries.Innovation; R&D; Financial Constraints; Innovation Policy;

Management as a system: creating value

Boston University School of Management publication from the 1990s about the MBA programs at BU, aimed at prospective MBA students