Title :
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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/ICMIT.2008.4654352
