Business angel high-technology investing in Southeast Asian emerging economies: Myth or reality?

Author

Scheela, William ; Isidro, Edmundo ; Jittrapanun, Thawatchai

Author_Institution

Dept. of Bus. Adm., Bemidji State Univ., Bemidji, MN

fYear

2008

fDate

21-24 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

146

Lastpage

149

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of the investment strategies of business angels in the emerging Southeast Asian economies of Thailand and the Philippines. We specifically analyze the investment focus or lack of focus of business angels on innovative, high-technology, early-stage ventures. Business angels in our sample are different from Western investors by focusing relatively more investments on low-tech industries. Investment strategies also differ between Thailand and the Philippines.

Keywords

innovation management; manufacturing industries; venture capital; Philippines; Southeast Asian emerging economies; Thailand; business angels; innovation management; investment strategy; low-tech industries; venture capital; Biotechnology; Business; Companies; Electronics industry; Industrial economics; Innovation management; Investments; Manufacturing industries; Portfolios; Venture capital; entrepreneurship; technology; venture capital;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Management of Innovation and Technology, 2008. ICMIT 2008. 4th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bangkok

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2329-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2330-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMIT.2008.4654352

Filename

4654352