Venture Capital and Private Equity Research: A Bibliometric Review and Future Research Agenda

80 Pages Posted: 16 Feb 2022

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Douglas J. Cumming

Florida Atlantic University; Birmingham Business School; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Satish Kumar

Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT), Jaipur

Weng Marc Lim

Sunway Business School, Sunway University

Nitesh Pandey

Amrita School of Business; Malaviya National Institute of Technology

Date Written: January 14, 2022

Abstract

Venture capital and private equity research has grown considerably in recent times with a heterogenous set of themes being explored. Using a large corpus from the Web of Science, this study used bibliometric analysis to present a comprehensive encapsulation of the fields’ geographical focus, methodological choices, prominent themes, and future research directions. Noteworthily, the foundational themes in venture capital research are adoption and financing processes, venture capital roles in business, governance, syndication, and the creation of public organizations. In private equity research, style drift into venture capital emerges as a key theme alongside buyouts and privatization, and valuation and performance.

Keywords: Bibliometric analysis, Venture capital, Private equity

JEL Classification: G23, G24, L26

Suggested Citation

Cumming, Douglas J. and Kumar, Satish and Lim, Weng Marc and Pandey, Nitesh, Venture Capital and Private Equity Research: A Bibliometric Review and Future Research Agenda (January 14, 2022). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4034812 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4034812

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Satish Kumar

Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT), Jaipur ( email )

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India

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Weng Marc Lim

Sunway Business School, Sunway University ( email )

Jalan University
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Petaling Jaya, Sunway City 47500
Malaysia

Nitesh Pandey

Amrita School of Business ( email )

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641112
India

Malaviya National Institute of Technology ( email )

India

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