Wiley | 2010 | ISBN: 0470499141 | 592 pages | PDF | 3,2 MB
An essential guide to venture capital
Studies have shown that venture capital backed entrepreneurial firms are on average significantly more successful than non-venture capital backed entrepreneurial firms in terms of innovativeness, profitability, and share price performance upon going public. Understanding the various aspects of venture capital is something anyone in any industry should be familiar with.
This reliable resource provides a comprehensive view of venture capital by describing the current state of research and best practices in this arena. Issues addressed include sources of capital-such as angel investment, corporate funds, and government funds-financial contracts and monitoring, and the efficiency implications of VC investment, to name a few.
* Opens with a review of alternative forms of venture capital
* Highlights the structure of venture capital investments
* Examines the role venture capitalists play in adding value to their investee firms
This informative guide will help you discover the true potential of venture capital.
Contents (目录)
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1 Introduction to the Companion to Venture Capital 1PART I Alternative Forms of Venture Capital 7
2 Venture Capitalists Decision Making: An Information Processing Perspective 9
3 Banks Versus Venture Capital in the Financing of New Ventures 31
4 Corporate Venture Capital 51
5 Angel Finance: The Other Venture Capital 71
6 Business Incubation and Its Connection to Venture Capital 111
7 Philanthropic Venture Capital: A New Model of Financing for Social Entrepreneurs 131
PART II The Structure of Venture Capital Investments 151
8 Financial Contracts and Venture Capitalists’ Value-Added 153
9 Venture Capitalists, Monitoring and Advising 169
10 Project Externalities and Moral Hazard 191
11 Doing It Not Alone: Antecedents, Dynamics, and Outcomes of Venture Capital Syndication 221
PART III Venture Capital Value-Added and Conflicts 243
12 Time to Grow Up: Large Sample Evidence on the Maturation Dynamics of Private Venture-Backed Firms 245
13 How Do Venture Capitalists Create Value for Entrepreneurial Firms? A Review of the Literature 277
14 Venture Capital and Innovation 299
15 Reputation in Financial Intermediation: Evidence from Venture Capital 319
16 Investor Opportunism, and Governance in Venture Capital 347
17 Conflicts of Interest and Litigation in the Venture Capital Industry 365
PART IV Venture Capital Exits and Returns 387
18 Venture Capital Exits 389
19 Returns to Venture Capital 407
20 Venture Capitalists’ Control: Stimulating or Stunting? 439
PART V International Venture Capital and Public Policy 471
21 Cross-Border Venture Capital and Private Equity 473
22 The Canadian Public Venture Capital Market 501
23 Public Policy, Venture Capital, and Entrepreneurial Finance 525
24 Twelve Meditations on Venture Capital 553
Index 585