Handbook of Research on Venture Capital

Contents:Foreword PART I: VENTURE CAPITAL AS A RESEARCH FIELD1. Pioneers in Venture Capital Research Hans Landstrom2. Conceptual and Theoretical Reflections on Venture Capital ResearchHarry J. Sapienza and Jaume Villanueva3. Venture Capital: A Geographical Perspective Colin Mason4. Venture Capital and Government Policy Gordon C. MurrayPART II: INSTITUTIONAL VENTURE CAPITAL5. The Structure of Venture Capital Funds Douglas Cumming, Grant Fleming and Armin Schwienbacher6. The Pre-investment Process: Venture Capitalists' Decision Policies Andrew Zacharakis and Dean A. Shepherd7. The Venture Capital Post-investment Phase: Opening the Black Box of Involvement Dirk De Clercq and Sophie Manigart8. Innovation and Performance Implications of Venture Capital Involvement in the Ventures they Fund Lowell W. Busenitz9. The Performance of Venture Capital Investments Benoit F. Leleux10. An Overview of Research on Early Stage Venture Capital: Current Status and Future Directions Annaleena Parhankangas11. Private Equity and Management Buy-outs Mike WrightPART III: INFORMAL VENTURE CAPITAL 12. Business Angel Research: The Road Traveled and the Journey AheadPeter Kelly13. 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. SohlPART IV: CORPORATE VENTURE CAPITAL15. Corporate Venture Capital as a Strategic Tool for CorporationsMarkku V.J. Maula16. Entrepreneurs' Perspective on Corporate Venture Capital (CVC): A Relational Capital Perspective Shaker A. Zahra and Stephen A. AllenPART V: IMPLICATIONS17. Implications for Practice, Policy-making and Research Hans LandstromIndex