Source link: https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1151&context=mgmt_papers
TL;DR: This paper studies how VC’s tend to be more favorable toward people who share their ethnicity (overwhelmingly white) and this has an overall negative effect on their success rate
How helpful?: 5/5
Topic Tags: ethnicity, demographics, diversity
Relevant questions addressed:
Since VC firms are overwhelmingly white, do people of color have a structural disadvantage when pitching? If so, what are some implications of this?
Summary:
Shared ethnicity associated with…
Matches based on shared ethnicity are associated with less successful outcomes