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This qualitative literature review examines the strategic role of liquidation during financial crises, with a focus on the externalities it generates and the design of optimal insolvency interventions. Synthesizing recent empirical and theoretical research, the study highlights how liquidation decisions—particularly in systemic downturns—affect broader economic stability through credit disruption, asset fire sales, and employment losses. The review finds that while prompt liquidation of non-viable firms can facilitate recovery, poorly structured interventions risk perpetuating inefficiencies and moral hazard. Comparative insights from diverse institutional contexts emphasize the need for hybrid insolvency regimes that balance liquidation with restructuring flexibility. This synthesis contributes to ongoing debates on how to enhance crisis responsiveness in insolvency law and policy design.

This qualitative literature review explores how various forms of capital—beyond financial investment—shape power dynamics between founders and investors in new ventures. Drawing on organization theory, entrepreneurship, and governance literature, the review synthesizes findings on human, social, reputational, and symbolic capital as sources of strategic influence. It challenges the traditional dominance of financial capital in venture control and highlights how non-financial assets enable founders to assert influence, co-create governance, and navigate investor relations. The analysis reveals that power in new ventures is dynamic, relational, and context-dependent, offering a reframed understanding that informs both academic theory and entrepreneurial practice