Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship (벤처창업연구)

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The Impact of the Increase in Institutional Distance on the Flow of Cross-border VC Investment: In the Context of the Adoption of Euro by European Union

제도적 거리가 해외벤처투자에 미치는 영향: 유로존 출범 시 영국의 사례를 중심으로

  • Received : 2020.11.11
  • Accepted : 2020.12.29
  • Published : 2020.12.31
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Abstract

This paper investigates the causal impact of the increase in institutional distance between two geographic regions on the flow of cross-border Venture Capital (VC) between the regions. While cross-border VCs are believed to have competitive advantages at identifying and managing promising startups in a local market compared to local counterparts, the discrepancy in institutional characteristics between two markets exacerbates the difficulty of credible information exchange and negotiation, significantly increasing transaction cost related to a cross-border venture capital investment. This study conducts a difference-in-difference analysis to examine the relationship between institutional distance and the flow of cross-border VC investment using the fact that the official adoption of the Euro currency by member countries of the European Union except the UK created an institutional chasm between the UK and other EU member countries. The outcomes of the analysis suggests that UK-based VCs significantly decreased the VC investment into EU-based startups and that EU-based VCs reduced the investment into UK-based startups. The results have meaningful implications for understanding the impact of the change in institutional difference on cross-border VC investment, which seems to increasingly take place with the recent trend of de-globalization and the rise of protectionism.

본 연구는 한 국가와 주변 지역 간 제도적 거리가 해외벤처투자 (Cross-border Venture Capital investment)에 미치는 영향을 연구한다. 상대적으로 벤처투자 경험이 풍부한 국가의 벤처캐피탈은 해외벤처투자를 통하여 해외의 유망한 스타트업을 발굴하고 투자 기회를 선점할 유인이 있으며, 해당 국가의 스타트업의 국제화에도 일조한다고 알려져 있다. 해외벤처투자는 투자자와 스타트업 간의 물리적 거리와 문화적 차이에 따른 정보 비대칭 등의 위험요소가 크기 때문에 해외로 진출하는 벤처캐피탈의 경우 현지화나 현지 투자자와의 파트너십을 통하여 불확실성을 최소화하고자 한다. 그럼에도 불구하고 해외벤처투자에 수반되는 리스크가 상당하기 때문에 벤처투자자는 주로 제도적으로 모국과 유사한 경제에 투자한다고 알려져 있다. 그러나, 기존의 문헌 연구는 주로 모국과 투자국간의 거리와 양국간 투자흐름의 상관관계를 횡단면적으로 분석 (Cross-sectional analysis)했기 때문에 제도적 거리가 해외투자에 미치는 인과관계를 살펴보기란 쉽지 않다. 이 연구는 1999년 유로화 출범시 영국이 유로존에 가입하지 않으며 영국을 둘러싼 주변국가와의 제도적 거리가 증가한 역사적 배경을 사용하여 그 인과관계를 추정하고자 한다. 영국과 유럽대륙의 투자자에 의한 해외벤처투자를 살펴본 결과 유로존 도입 이후 두 지역간 해외벤처투자 흐름이 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 최근 몇 년 동안 정치적, 경제적 불확실성 및 보호무역주의가 증가하며 탈국제화가 진행되는 추세인 바, 국가 간 제도적 거리가 해외벤처투자에 미치는 영향을 살펴보는 것이 시의적으로 의의를 줄 수 있다고 사료된다.

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