Así surge el problema materia de la presente investigación, cuyo punto de vista básico es que, hay algunos puntos de contacto en la acción causada por el dictador en las dos novelas, pero también hay algunas diferencias, que dan a cada una de las novelas un carácter peculiar. El objeto de este estudio es hacer un análisis comparativo de ciertas consecuencias producidas por la acción del "señor Presidente," en las novela El señor Presidente, y de Antón Bocanegra, en la novela Muertes de perro. Para que los terminos de comparacion se coloquen en un plano factible y lógico, se partirá del punto de vista que las dos novelas tratan de un tema común, la dictadura, pero bajo estructuras, procedimientos, métodos, y recursos utilizados diferentes.

Innovation entrepreneurship is built not only on a quality idea, but also on the availability of start-up capital and management skills of the idea owner. The insufficient finance often limits the success and growth potential of start-ups. When seeking support to individual business plans, allowing for entry of a business angel could be an option. Business angels are private, mostly experienced investors who invest in SMEs with high growth potential not only financial capital, but also business know-how, contacts and management experience. Thesis evaluates possibilities to use venture capital offered by business angels to support innovative start-ups and on several case studies assesses readiness of innovation and business environment from the investors’ point of view.

De nombreux critiques avaient détecté chez Jean Giono (1895-1970) la présence d’un vide affectant non seulement le sujet de son oeuvre mais aussi sa poétique. L’ennui, cette « brusque et radicale conscience du rien », le mensonge qui « reconstruit un monde au-dessus de l’abîme » (R. Ricatte) ou bien encore le « travail des sensations » vécu comme un « barrage contre le vide » (S. Vignes) sont des effets parmi d’autres d’un manque et d’une absence déterminante. Le vide explique aussi l’anonymat et les lacunes biographiques de ses personnages, les nombreux blancs et silences, les ellipses narratives et sémantiques, les césures et les discontinuités narratives... Il ne suffisait cependant pas de reconnaître l’existence d’un vide, d’un manque originaire dans cette oeuvre. Il fallait encore connaître sa nature. De quoi le monde gionien est-il vide ? La réponse se trouve paradoxalement dans ce que l’auteur s’est efforcé de ne jamais décrire ou plutôt dans ce qu’il a toujours décrit « en blanc » (J. Giono). En nous penchant sur ce qui, dans ses romans, était toujours décrit sans l’être, nous nous sommes aperçus que rien ne manquait davantage que Dieu. Dieu brille par son absence dans son oeuvre. Il est celui qu’il se refuse à décrire positivement car il est pour lui « le néant absolu », « l’absence de tout » (J. Giono). La théologie imprimée dans ses romans est une ‘‘théologie blanche’’. Sa vision du monde et de l’homme est toujours, et très délibérément, sans dieu/Dieu. Comme le dit le narrateur du Déserteur à propos des peintures pieuses et des ex-voto de son personnage : « il n’y a pas de dieu dans tout ça ». En analysant l’oeuvre gionienne à la lumière de cette absence, quatre ensembles de romans se sont dégagés selon un ordre qui dépasse les distinctions classiques établies, d’une part, entre une première et une seconde « manières », d’autre part, entre le « Cycle du Hussard » et les « Chroniques romanesques ». Ces quatre ensembles romanesques sont autant d’itinéraires de l’homme sans dieu/Dieu. Nous avons distingué celui de « l’humanisme païen », celui de l’héroïsme sublime, celui tragique voire tragi-comique des hommes condamnés à la chute, celui enfin des « âmes fortes » qui veulent se faire dieux en l’absence de dieu/Dieu. L’immense « chasse au bonheur » dont l’oeuvre romanesque de Giono est l’expression a rapport avec le ciel, un ciel sans dieu/Dieu. / Many critics spotted in Giono’s novels (1895-1970) the presence of a kind of emptiness which affected both his main topic and his poetry. Boredom « this sudden and drastic consciousness of nothingness », lie « which rebuilts a world on top of despair » (R. Ricatte) or « the work of sensations » (S. Vignes) felt as « a barrier against nothingness » reflect a void and a defining absence among other effects. This emptiness gives an explanation to his characters’ anonymity and gaps in biography, to the many gaps and silences, narrative and semantic ellipses, narrative caesura and discontinuities. Acknowledging the existence of a void, of an original emptiness, was not enough, its specific nature must be defined. What is missing in Giono’s world ? What is his world made of ? Paradoxically speaking the answer lies in what the author struggled not to describe or more precisely in what he described « en blanc » (J. Giono). Analysing what is described in his novels without really being described, I have realized that the One who is missing is God. God is conspicuous by his absence in his works. He is the one he refuses to describe positively as he is « the absolute absence ». The theology expressed is a ‘‘white theology’’. His view of the world and his vision of mankind, are always and in their tiniest details a vision without God. As the narrator of Le Déserteur puts it when he alludes to his main character’s votive offerings : « God is absent from all this. » Studying Giono’s works in the light of this absence, four collections of novels emerged according to an uncommon classification : on the one hand between a first and a second « manner » and on the other hand between « le Cycle du Hussard » and « les Chroniques romanesques ». These four collections of novels are routes taken by mankind without God. I have set apart : « a pagan humanist » route, a « sublime heroic » route, the tragic if ever tragicomic route of mankind doomed to their downfall, the last one the route of « strong souls » who strive to turn gods without God. The huge « quest for happiness » which is at the heart of Giono’s novels is related to heaven but a heaven without God.

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Critics generally read the matter of diagetic subjectivity as existential in Carlos Solórzano's works Las manos de Dios and El sueño del ángel. This study, however, seeks to explore the possibility of non-existential modes of subjectivity in these dramas. It posits an Althusserian mode of subjectivity due to the central conflict of the plays revolving around the oppressive rituals of a controlling church institution. Although the author expresses existential ideals, a reading that takes into account the issue of the church as an ideology producing mechanism, as well as its modes of operation, shows that on the diagetic level the experience of the characters is one in which they find themselves in a world where individuals operate as non-autonomous subjects.

The lack of coherent and established methods and processes for evaluating early-stage development projects presents a severe challenge for both investors and entrepreneurs. For investors, the lack of an established process risks making every investment decision “ad hoc”, and in the long run prevent any meaningful analysis or comparison between different investments. For the entrepreneur, it makes the fundraising process a maze of seemingly random information requests from potential investors and a constant lack of understanding of where in the process they are, what is required to reach a decision and where to focus their efforts. This thesis describes these challenges in more detail together with some general background of the tools available today. It continues to outline a generalized process for reaching an investment decision, together with descriptions of the different information artifacts that are central to the process. The result is a step-by-step process that can be predicted and iterated between the entrepreneur and the investor. In each step, focus is on a certain piece of information and the goal is to make it clear to all parties what is expected in each step and why. / Avsaknaden av en koherent och vedertagen process för att utvärdera utvecklingsprojekt i tidig fas presenterar and allvarlig utmaning för både investerare och entreprenörer. För investerare, bristen på en etablerad process riskerar att varje investeringsbeslut tas på ”ad-hoc” basis, vilket i det långa loppet omöjliggör meningsfull analys och jämförelse mellan olika investeringar. För entreprenören så gör det processen att söka investeringskapital till en labyrint av slumpmässiga informationsförfrågningar ifrån potentiella investerare och en konstant brist på förståelse för var i processen de befinner sig, vad som krävs för att nå beslut och vart de skall fokusera sitt arbete. Denna rapport beskriver dessa utmaningar i mer detalj, tillsammans med viss generell bakgrund om de verktyg som finns att tillgå idag. Den fortsätter med att beskriva en generaliserad process för att nå ett investeringsbeslut och de informationsartefakter som är centrala för processen. Resultatet är en steg för steg process som är förutsägbar och som kan itereras mellan entreprenören och investeraren. I varje steg ligger fokus på en specifik informationsdel och målet är att göra det tydligt för alla inblandade vad som förväntas i varje steg och varför.

[pt] A indústria de Capital de Risco tem recebido atenção significativa de formuladores de políticas, investidores e empreendedores em todo o mundo devido à sua história de sucesso em mercados desenvolvidos, especialmente nos Estados Unidos. No entanto, sua implementação em países em desenvolvimento enfrenta desafios que levam os investidores a se adaptar, especialmente nos estágios iniciais e mais arriscados. Nesses segmentos, outros investidores, como Anjos, Aceleradoras e Corporate Venture Capital (CVC), tornam o ambiente mais competitivo, fornecendo mais opções para empreendedores que buscam capital. No entanto, a literatura ainda não aborda os efeitos que esses investidores de diferentes perfis têm em suas startups investidas. O paradigma da escada financeira, que implica que os IVCs atuam apenas em estágios avançados, ainda está presente, mas isso tem mudado na última década nos Estados Unidos e mais recentemente no Brasil. Nesta tese, examinamos os efeitos de diferentes investidores em startups em estágios iniciais nos Estados Unidos e no Brasil por meio de três artigos de pesquisa relacionados. No primeiro artigo, realizamos uma revisão sistemática da literatura de CVC de 2005 a 2019, identificando mecanismos impulsionadores e efeitos em empreendimentos investidos. Isso fornece uma compreensão mais ampla dos múltiplos fatores que influenciam a relação entre investidores e empreendimentos, as diferenças nos perfis e incentivos de diferentes tipos de investidores de VC e como eles influenciam os empreendimentos. Este artigo também revela tendências e lacunas na literatura que orientam os artigos seguintes. No segundo artigo, investigamos os efeitos comparativos e conjuntos dos principais tipos de investidores de VC (IVC, CVC, Grupo de anjos e Aceleradoras) em 13.098 empreendimentos em estágios iniciais que receberam sua primeira rodada de investimento nos Estados Unidos de 2005 a 2016. Os resultados mostram que empreendimentos em estágios iniciais apoiados por IVCs alcançaram melhores resultados do que seus pares em todos os objetivos de estágios iniciais, contradizendo o efeito de marco esperado de investidores como Grupos de anjos e Aceleradoras e levantando questões sobre a validade de alguns aspectos do paradigma da escada financeira. No terceiro artigo, focamos nos resultados de 1.937 empreendimentos de estágio inicial que receberam seu primeiro investimento no Brasil entre 2000 e setembro de 2022. Examinamos empreendimentos apoiados por IVCs, CVCs, Anjos e Aceleradoras, e os resultados indicam diferenças significativas em relação aos EUA. No Brasil, os IVCs não apresentaram presença tão marcante como nos EUA, e o desempenho positivo esperado foi observado apenas em empreendimentos apoiados por IVCs altamente experientes. Além disso, os Anjos apresentaram o melhor desempenho para objetivos específicos de estágio inicial. No geral, nossa análise dos dois mercados demonstra diferenças significativas nos efeitos dos investidores de VC sobre o desempenho de empreendimentos de estágio inicial. O modelo de investidor IVC demonstra superioridade em relação aos seus pares no mercado americano, enquanto no Brasil, outros investidores também se destacam, especialmente Anjos. Essas diferenças podem ser devido a fatores no ambiente econômico local, moldando os perfis dos investidores e influenciando a maneira como eles operam no país. / [en] The Venture Capital industry has gained widespread attention from policymakers, investors, and entrepreneurs worldwide due to its success history in developed markets, particularly in the United States. How ever, its implementation in developing countries faces challenges that drive investors to adapt, particularly in the earliest and riskiest stages. In these segments, other investors, such as Angels, Accelerators, and Corporate Venture Capital (CVC), make the environment more competitive, providing more options to entrepreneurs seeking capital. Nevertheless, the literature still fails to address the effects these investors of different profiles have on their invested startups. The finance escalator paradigm, implying that IVCs only act in advanced stages, is still present, but this has been changing in the last decade in the US and more recently in Brazil. In this thesis, we examine the effects of different investors on early-stage startups in the US and Brazil through three related research articles. In the first article, we conduct a systematic review of the CVC literature from 2005 to 2019, identifying driving mechanisms and effects on invested ventures. This provides a broader understanding of the multiple factors influencing the relationship between investors and ventures, the differences in profiles and incentives of distinct types of VC investors, and how they influence ventures. This article also reveals trends and gaps in the literature that guide the following articles. In the second article, we investigate the comparative and joint effects of the main VC investor types (IVC, CVC, Angel Group, and Accelerator) on 13,098 early-stage ventures that received their first investment round in the US from 2005 to 2016. The results show that early-stage ventures backed by IVCs achieved better results than their peers in all early-stage goals, contradicting the milestone effect expected from investors like Angel Groups and Accelerators and raising questions on the validity of some aspects of the finance escalator paradigm. In the third article, we focus on outcomes for 1,937 early-stage ventures that received their first investment round in Brazil between 2000 and September 2022. We examine ventures backed by IVCs, CVCs, Angels, and Accelerators, and the results indicate significant differences from the US. In Brazil, IVCs have not shown a pervasive presence as in the US, and the expected positive performance was only true for ventures backed by highly experienced IVCs. Additionally, Angels revealed the best performance for specific early-stage goals. Overall, our analysis of the two markets demonstrates significant differences in the effects VC investors have on the performance of early-stage ventures. The IVC model investor demonstrates superiority over its peers in the American market, while in Brazil, other investors also stand out, especially Angels. These differences may be due to factors in the local economic environment, shaping investors profiles and influencing the way they operate in the country.

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