Entrepreneurship and the financial community : starting up and growing new businesses / edited by Bart Clarysse, Juan Roure and Tom Schamp.
Contributor(s): Clarysse, Bart
| Roure, Juan B | Schamp, Tom.
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BookPublisher: Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2006Description: xxviii, 200 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781845426477 ; 1847207936 .Subject(s): Venture capital | New business enterprises -- Finance | Entrepreneurship | Computer software industry -- Ireland -- Finance | Venture capital -- IrelandDDC classification: 658.15224 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 658.15224 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00113567 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This highly accessible book brings together the insights of leading academics and 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 private equity 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 motivation of entrepreneurs towards private equity operations.Providing theoretical frameworks together with practical conclusions and implications, this book will be warmly welcomed by academics and practitioners 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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: The financial community's perspective on the role of private equity -- Investment in venture capital funds in Europe / Simon Barnes and Vanessa Menzies -- An analysis of the selection behaviour of early-stage high-tech investors in Europe / Bart Clarysse, Mirjam Knockaert, Andy Lockett and Caroline Van Eeckhout -- Private equity investors, corporate governance and professionalization / Christof Beuselinck, Sophie Manigart and Tom Van Cauwenberge -- The impact of capital inflows and management skills on the performance of European private equity funds / Christoph Kaserer and Christian Diller -- Business angel academies: unleashing the potential for business angel investment / Juan Roure, Rudy Aernoudt and Amparo de San Jose Riestra -- Part II: The entrepreneur's perspective on the role of private equity -- The motivation of entrepreneurs towards private equity financing: a laddering approach / Gabriele Morandin, Massimo Bergami and Richard P. Bagozzi -- What factors determine the use of venture capital? Evidence from the Irish software sector / Teresa Hogan and Elaine Hutson -- Cross-border venture capitalists' support for the internationalization of new software ventures / Markus M. Makela and Markku V. J. Maula -- Venture capitalists' communication and commitment: a practitioner's perspective / Dirk De Clercq and Vance H. Fried -- Part III: Private equity and the role of public policy in Europe -- Private equity and the development of university spin-out companies / Mike Wright and Andy Lockett -- Dynamics of university spin-out companies: entrepreneurial ventures or technology lifestyle businesses? / Richard T. Harrison and Claire M. Leitch -- Through a glass darkly: new perspectives on the equity gap / Gordon Murray and Dimo Dimov -- Innovation, technology transfer and the equity gap: a European perspective / Tom Schamp.