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    Promoting the Potential Investors’ Trust in Investment Through Equity-based Crowdfunding Platforms in Iran

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Roohpour, Saeed (Author) ; Sheikhzadeh, Mahdi (Supervisor) ; Talebian, Masoud (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Regarding to the technology development during recent years, many businesses have lost their traditional style and lots of web-based services have emerged. Also, nowadays one of the most attractive business model is platform-based services. Among these, investment industry is not exceptional and crowdfunding platforms are known as new channel of investment. With respect to this fact that investment by itself can help the economic growth in countries and proper status of Iran from investment viewpoint, developing such platforms may facilitate the investment processes. Regarding to the researches, considering the high amount of uncertainty in platforms and investment processes, especially... 

    Reducing Conflicts of Interest in Private Equity Funds Via Compensation Package

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Kamrani Mousavi, Amir Hossein (Author) ; Hajizadeh Saffar, Iman (Supervisor) ; Tajeddin, Golnaz (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    In Private Equity funds, the manager (known as general partner) collects funds from the investors (known as limited partners) and invests them over a certain time horizon. Assuming that both parties seek to maximize their interests, a situation arises in which the manager does not consider the best interests of the investors. The manager's compensation package is one of the important parts of corporate governance, which consists of four components: management fee, performance based fees (or carried interest), hurdle rate and proceeds distribution method. In this research, first by conducting a semi-structured interview with 15 experts in the PE ecosystem and publishing a questionnaire, the...