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  1. The Unicorn Puzzle
    Published: 2023
    Publisher:  SSRN, [S.l.]

    From 2010 to 2021, 639 US VC-funded firms achieved unicorn status. We investigate why there are so many unicorns and why controlling shareholders give investors privileges to obtain unicorn status. We show that unicorns rely more than other VC-funded... more

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    Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg, Universitätsbibliothek
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    From 2010 to 2021, 639 US VC-funded firms achieved unicorn status. We investigate why there are so many unicorns and why controlling shareholders give investors privileges to obtain unicorn status. We show that unicorns rely more than other VC-funded firms on organizational capital as well as network effects and the internet. Unicorn status enables startups to access new sources of capital. With this capital, they can invest more in organizational intangible assets with less expropriation risk than if they were public. As a result, they are more likely to capture the economies of scale that make their business model valuable

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
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    Series: Fisher College of Business Working Paper ; No. 2022-03-012
    Subjects: Unicorns; Scale and Scope; Venture Capital; Private vs. Public; Organizational Capital
    Other subjects: Array
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (74 p)
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    Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments November 15, 2022 erstellt