Abstract
We explore how an investor's dispositional affect and cognitive style influence venture investment portfolio concentration. Based on a field study using a sample of 128 judges from a business plan competition, we find that high positive affectivity investors construct more concentrated investment portfolios than their low positive affectivity counterparts, whereas high negative affectivity investors construct more diversified investment portfolios than their low negative affectivity counterparts. Further, investors who rely on analytical decision making display a weaker relationship between negative affectivity and investment diversification whereas investors who rely on emotion-based decision making display a stronger relationship between positive affectivity and investment concentration.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 397-412 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Journal of Business Venturing |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 2013 |
Keywords
- Cognition
- Dispositional affect
- Venture investment decisions
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