Contents:
Preface
Foreword
Reinhard Büscher
Introduction
PART I: THE FINANCIAL COMMUNITY’S PERSPECTIVE ON THE ROLE OF
PRIVATE EQUITY
1. Investment in Venture Capital Funds in Europe
Simon Barnes and Vanessa Menzies
2. An Analysis of the Selection Behaviour of Early-Stage High-Tech
Investors in Europe
Bart Clarysse, Mirjam Knockaert, Andy Lockett and Caroline Van
Eeckhout
3. Private Equity Investors, Corporate Governance and
Professionalization
Christof Beuselinck, Sophie Manigart and Tom Van Cauwenberge
4. The Impact of Capital Inflows and Management Skills on the
Performance of European Private Equity Funds
Christoph Kaserer and Christian Diller
5. Business Angels Academies: Unleashing the Potential for Business
Angel Investment
Juan Roure, Rudy Aernoudt and Amparo de San José Riestra
PART II: THE ENTREPRENEUR’S PERSPECTIVE ON THE ROLE OF PRIVATE
EQUITY
6. The Motivation of Entrepreneurs Toward Private Equity Financing:
A Laddering Approach
Gabriele Morandin, Massimo Bergami and Richard P. Bagozzi
7. What Factors Determine the Use of Venture Capital? Evidence from
the Irish Software Sector
Teresa Hogan and Elaine Hutson
8. Cross-Border Venture Captalists’ Support for the
Internationalization of New Software Ventures
Markus M. Mäkelä and Markku V.J. Maula
9. 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
10. Private Equity and the Development of University Spin-Out
Companies
Mike Wright and Andy Lockett
11. Dynamics of University Spin-Out Companies: Entrepreneurial
Ventures of Technology Lifestyle Businesses?
Richard T. Harrison and Claire M. Leitch
12. Through a Glass Darkly: New Perspectives on the Equity Gap
Gordon Murray and Dimo Dimov
13. Innovation, Technology Transfer and the Equity Gap: A European
Perspective
Tom Schamp
Index
Edited by Bart Clarysse, Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School, Gent University, Belgium and Professor of Innovation, Institute for Enterprise and Innovation, Nottingham University Business School, UK, Juan Roure, Professor of Entrepreneurship, IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Barcelona, Spain and Tom Schamp, formerly of IWT – Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie, Brussels, Belgium
'. . . an interesting compilation of studies within a field of
venture capital and entrepreneurship. . . will be of interest to
various stakeholders such as investors, entrepreneurs and
policymakers who are interested in the financing of young ventures.
To some extent the book can be regarded as a gateway to scientific
knowledge within the field.'
*Hans Landstrom, International Small Business Journal*
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