A Comparative Study of Venture Capital Instruments in Iranian Commercial Banks
Subject Areas : Journal of Investment Knowledge
Mohammad Ebrahim
Pourzarandi
1
(Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Department of Industrial Management, Tehran, Iran)
Majid
Shahriari
2
(Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Department of Industrial Management, Tehran, Iran)
Keywords: commercial banks, Venture Capital, financial instruments, Comparative Study,
Abstract :
Venture capital is an interesting area in banks financial decisions and because of its uncertainty, brings lots of challenges. Despite the increasing tendency for banks in this kind of investments, there is not any certain method to analyze the risk and return of ventures; thus it is neccessary to develop an effective research in this area. Recently, development of the studies about ventures, has facilated conditions for investors and increase the proportion of venture capital in commercial banks portfolio. This paper as a novel study, at first, consider the literature review of financing VC projects and their instruments, and then try to find the usablity of these methods in Iranian commercial banks in a comparative approach.