Handbook of Research on Venture Capital

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Contents: Foreword PART I: VENTURE CAPITAL AS A RESEARCH FIELD 1. Pioneers in Venture Capital Research Hans Landstroem 2. Conceptual and Theoretical Reflections on Venture Capital Research Harry J. Sapienza and Jaume Villanueva 3. Venture Capital: A Geographical Perspective Colin Mason 4. Venture Capital and Government Policy Gordon C. Murray PART II: INSTITUTIONAL VENTURE CAPITAL 5. The Structure of Venture Capital Funds Douglas Cumming, Grant Fleming and Armin Schwienbacher 6. The Pre-investment Process: Venture Capitalists' Decision Policies Andrew Zacharakis and Dean A. Shepherd 7. The Venture Capital Post-investment Phase: Opening the Black Box of Involvement Dirk De Clercq and Sophie Manigart 8. Innovation and Performance Implications of Venture Capital Involvement in the Ventures they Fund Lowell W. Busenitz 9. The Performance of Venture Capital Investments Benoit F. Leleux 10. An Overview of Research on Early Stage Venture Capital: Current Status and Future Directions Annaleena Parhankangas 11. Private Equity and Management Buy-outs Mike Wright PART III: INFORMAL VENTURE CAPITAL 12. Business Angel Research: The Road Traveled and the Journey Ahead Peter Kelly 13. Investment Decision Making by Business Angels Allan L. Riding, Judith J. Madill and George H. Haines Jr 14. The Organization of the Informal Venture Capital Market Jeffrey E. Sohl PART IV: CORPORATE VENTURE CAPITAL 15. Corporate Venture Capital as a Strategic Tool for Corporations Markku V.J. Maula 16. Entrepreneurs' Perspective on Corporate Venture Capital (CVC): A Relational Capital Perspective Shaker A. Zahra and Stephen A. Allen PART V: IMPLICATIONS 17. Implications for Practice, Policy-making and Research Hans Landstroem Index