Browsing by Author "Morales, Francisco"

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    Private Equity Investments in Emerging Markets, National Governance, and Geographic Distance: The Case of Latin America, 1996–2009
    (2013) Mingo Del Rio, Santiago Julián; Morales, Francisco; Junkunc, Marc
    The high level of economic growth that emerging markets are experiencing lately — including Latin America — offers new opportunities for different types of investments. Private equity (PE) investments in emerging markets have risen from $3 billion in 2003 to almost $70 billion before the Great Recession of 2008–2009 (Emerging Markets Private Equity Association, 2010). In the case of Latin America, PE investments totalled more than $7 billion in 2010 (LAVCA, 2011). By private equity we mean “financing for early- and later-stage private companies from third-party investors seeking high returns based on both the risk profiles of the companies and the near-term illiquidity of these investments” (Leeds & Sunderland, 2003: 8). For instance, venture capital (VC) is a type of private equity focused on start-ups.
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    The impact of experience on the agglomeration of cross-border investments within a region: The case of private equity in emerging markets
    (2024) Mingo Del Rio, Santiago Julián; Ciravegna, Luciano; Morales, Francisco
    Previous research on cross-border investments has shown the importance of choosing the right focal market—a target country in which a firm invests. International business scholars have also noted that cross-border investments frequently concentrate in regions. However, the factors affecting investment agglomeration within a region have yet to be determined. Building on theoretical insights from the Uppsala internationalization model, we propose two effects that can significantly impact investment agglomeration within a region: (1) the focal effect, linked to cumulative investment experience in a focal market, and (2) the neighborhood effect, related to cumulative investment experience in the region where a focal market is located. We also examine how the size of these effects is moderated by cross-national distance. To test our theoretical arguments, we use a dataset of private equity firms that made investments in three emerging market regions—Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Eastern Europe—from 1996 to 2011. The results support all our hypotheses. We contribute to the literature on regional internationalization by providing new insights that complement the Uppsala internationalization model