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Record Nr.

UNINA9910140600303321

Titolo

Venture capital [[electronic resource] ] : investment strategies, structures, and policies / / Douglas J. Cumming, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2010

ISBN

1-282-69120-1

9786612691201

0-470-59943-X

1-118-26690-0

0-470-59975-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (603 p.)

Collana

The Robert W. Kolb series in finance

Altri autori (Persone)

CummingDouglas

Disciplina

332.04154

332/.04154

Soggetti

Venture capital

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Venture Capital: Investment Strategies, Structures, and Policies; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction to the Companion to Venture Capital; INTRODUCTION; NOTES; REFERENCES; ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND EDITOR; Part I: Alternative Forms of Venture Capital; Chapter 2: Venture Capitalists Decision Making: An Information Processing Perspective; Chapter 3: Banks Versus Venture Capital in the Financing of New Ventures; Chapter 4: Corporate Venture Capital; Chapter 5: Angel Finance: The Other Venture Capital; Chapter 6: Business Incubation and Its Connection to Venture Capital

Chapter 7: Philanthropic Venture Capital: A New Model of Financing for Social EntrepreneursPart II: The Structure of Venture Capital Investments; Chapter 8: Financial Contracts and Venture Capitalists' Value-Added; Chapter 9: Venture Capitalists, Monitoring and Advising; Chapter 10: Project Externalities and Moral Hazard; Chapter 11: Doing It Not Alone: Antecedents, Dynamics, and Outcomes of Venture Capital Syndication; Part III: Venture Capital Value-Added and Conflicts; Chapter 12: Time to Grow Up: Large Sample Evidence on the Maturation Dynamics of Private Venture-Backed Firms



Chapter 13: How Do Venture Capitalists Create Value for Entrepreneurial Firms? A Review of the LiteratureChapter 14: Venture Capital and Innovation; Chapter 15: Reputation in Financial Intermediation: Evidence from Venture Capital; Chapter 16: Investor Opportunism, and Governance in Venture Capital; Chapter 17: Conflicts of Interest and Litigation in the Venture Capital Industry; Part IV: Venture Capital Exits and Returns; Chapter 18: Venture Capital Exits; Chapter 19: Returns to Venture Capital; Chapter 20: Venture Capitalists' Control: Stimulating or Stunting?

Part V: International Venture Capital and Public PolicyChapter 21: Cross-Border Venture Capital and Private Equity; Chapter 22: The Canadian Public Venture Capital Market; Chapter 23: Public Policy, Venture Capital, and Entrepreneurial Finance; Chapter 24: Twelve Meditations on Venture Capital; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 sour