Appeared on May 16, 2009
Management Professor and Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives Donna De Carolis', Ph.D., business commentary covered the role venture capitalists play in international strategies. Dr. DeCarolis mentioned that in a study of high tech companies that underwent an IPO, researchers investigated whether the international experience of a venture capitalist on the board of a new venture was related to the company going global. The results showed that companies that have venture capitalists with international experience tend to go global. Other companies that have the potential of expanding abroad are more likely to go global if company management has international experience.