Hogan, Teresa; Hutson, Elaine(University College Dublin. School of Business. Centre for Financial Markets, 2004)
Using a sample of 117 Irish software companies, we examine the capital structure of new technology-based firms. Consistent with the findings on financing for other small businesses, internal funds are the most important ...
We examine the return distributions of 332 funds of hedge funds and associated indices.
Over half of the sample is significantly skewed according to the skewness statistic, and these are split 50/50 positive and negative. ...
Hogan, Teresa; Hutson, Elaine(University College Dublin. School of Business. Centre for Financial Markets, 2004-09)
This paper examines the financing of 117 privately held new technology-based firms (NTBFs) in the Irish software product sector. We advance the high-technology pecking order hypothesis (HTPOH) to explain the dominance of ...
Hogan, Teresa; Hutson, Elaine(University College Dublin. School of Business. Centre for Financial Markets, 2004)
We address the venture capital financing issue from the firm’s perspective. Using survey data for 110 new technology-based firms (NTBFs) in the Irish software sector, we assess the extent to which 5 human capital and 3 ...
Denvir, Emily; Hutson, Elaine(University College Dublin. School of Business. Centre for Financial Markets, 2004)
We examine the performance and diversification potential of 332 funds of hedge funds (FOHFs) for the period from January 1990 to May 2003. Consistent with prior studies, we find that FOHFs appear to underperform the hedge ...