Co-evolution between the South African venture capital industry and the South [African] government
This thesis contributes to the current discourse around co-evolution, this study investigates co-evolution between the South African venture capital industry and the South African government. Using a qualitative method which involved gathering data from archival sources and contemporary interviews,...
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| author | Aluko, Olumide Mayowa |
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| description | This thesis contributes to the current discourse around co-evolution, this study investigates co-evolution between the South African venture capital industry and the South African government. Using a qualitative method which involved gathering data from archival sources and contemporary interviews, this study extends the growing literature on the co-evolution of organizations and their institutional environment in three ways. First, the study shows that the co-evolution that occurs between organizations and the institutional environment, is facilitated by both entities' respective need for legitimate status with different audiences. Second, the study furthers our understanding of co-evolution at the meso level (i.e. the organizational field) by illustrating the place of subject positions of organizations and power in the co-evolution that occurs at that level. Third, from the narrative presented in the study on the emergence of a venture capital industry in South Africa, the study explicates the importance of a free market system in a transition economy as it engenders the growth and development of a venture capital industry in such economies. |
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| spelling | nottingham-133172025-02-28T11:24:27Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/13317/ Co-evolution between the South African venture capital industry and the South [African] government Aluko, Olumide Mayowa This thesis contributes to the current discourse around co-evolution, this study investigates co-evolution between the South African venture capital industry and the South African government. Using a qualitative method which involved gathering data from archival sources and contemporary interviews, this study extends the growing literature on the co-evolution of organizations and their institutional environment in three ways. First, the study shows that the co-evolution that occurs between organizations and the institutional environment, is facilitated by both entities' respective need for legitimate status with different audiences. Second, the study furthers our understanding of co-evolution at the meso level (i.e. the organizational field) by illustrating the place of subject positions of organizations and power in the co-evolution that occurs at that level. Third, from the narrative presented in the study on the emergence of a venture capital industry in South Africa, the study explicates the importance of a free market system in a transition economy as it engenders the growth and development of a venture capital industry in such economies. 2011 Thesis (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en arr https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/13317/1/555693.pdf Aluko, Olumide Mayowa (2011) Co-evolution between the South African venture capital industry and the South [African] government. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham. Venture capital public-private sector cooperation South Africa |
| spellingShingle | Venture capital public-private sector cooperation South Africa Aluko, Olumide Mayowa Co-evolution between the South African venture capital industry and the South [African] government |
| title | Co-evolution between the South African venture capital industry and the South [African] government |
| title_full | Co-evolution between the South African venture capital industry and the South [African] government |
| title_fullStr | Co-evolution between the South African venture capital industry and the South [African] government |
| title_full_unstemmed | Co-evolution between the South African venture capital industry and the South [African] government |
| title_short | Co-evolution between the South African venture capital industry and the South [African] government |
| title_sort | co-evolution between the south african venture capital industry and the south [african] government |
| topic | Venture capital public-private sector cooperation South Africa |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/13317/ |