Entrepreneurship and the financial community: starting up and growing new businesses

This highly accessible book brings together the insights of leading academicsand researchers to promote a better understanding of the role of private equity providers in the development of growth-oriented start-ups and the management of growth processes. The book explores the domain of start-up and business venturing, and within this realm, the perspectives of the entrepreneur, the venture capitalist, the financial community and the role of government in privateequity are considered.Specifically, topics discussed include: the venture capital industry, investment in venture capital funds in Europe, the Equity Gap, European private equity funds, the role of private equity in the creation of university spin-out companies, and motivation of entrepreneurs towards private equity operations. Providing theoretical frameworks together with practical conclusions and implications, this book will be warmly welcomed by academics andpractitioners alike. It will be of particular value to scholars with an interest in business, management and entrepreneurship, to investment professionals and policy advisors involved in stimulating entrepreneurship, and, of course, to entrepreneurs themselves. INDICE: PrefaceForewordReinhard BuscherIntroductionPART I: THE FINANCIAL COMMUNITY'S PERSPECTIVE ON THE ROLE OF PRIVATE EQUITY1. Investment in Venture Capital Funds in EuropeSimon Barnes and Vanessa Menzies2. An Analysis of the Selection Behaviour of Early-Stage High-Tech Investors in EuropeBart Clarysse, Mirjam Knockaert, Andy Lockett and Caroline Van Eeckhout3. Private Equity Investors, Corporate Governance and ProfessionalizationChristof Beuselinck, Sophie Manigart and Tom Van Cauwenberge4. The Impact of Capital Inflows and Management Skills on the Performance of European Private Equity FundsChristoph Kaserer and Christian Diller5. Business Angels Academies: Unleashing the Potential forBusiness Angel InvestmentJuan Roure, Rudy Aernoudt and Amparo de San Jose RiestraPART II: THE ENTREPRENEUR'S PERSPECTIVE ON THE ROLE OF PRIVATE EQUITY6. The Motivation of Entrepreneurs Toward Private Equity Financing: A Laddering ApproachGabriele Morandin, Massimo Bergami and Richard P. Bagozzi7. What Factors Determine the Use of Venture Capital? Evidence from the Irish Software SectorTeresa Hogan and Elaine Hutson8. Cross-Border Venture Captalists' Support for the Internationalization of New Software VenturesMarkus M. Makela and Markku V.J. Maula9. Venture Capitalists' Communication and Commitment: A Practitioner'sPerspectiveDirk De Clercq and Vance H. FriedPART III: PRIVATE EQUITY AND THE ROLE OF PUBLIC POLICY IN EUROPE10. Private Equity and the Development of University Spin-Out CompaniesMike Wright and Andy Lockett11. Dynamics of UniversitySpin-Out Companies: Entrepreneurial Ventures of Technology Lifestyle Businesses?Richard T. Harrison and Claire M. Leitch12. Through a Glass Darkly: New Perspectives on the Equity GapGordon Murray and Dimo Dimov13. Innovation, Technology Transfer and the Equity Gap: A European PerspectiveTom SchampIndex

• ISBN: 978-1-84720-793-7
• Editorial: Edward Elgar
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 232
• Fecha Publicación: 01/02/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés