Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I.1. Venture capital: an original mechanism for financing innovative projects -- I.2. Analysis of the financing chain -- I.3. Analysis of the intermediation structure -- I.4. Justification of venture capital -- I.5. Problem addressed by the book -- I.6. Overview of the book -- 1. Venture Capital, Behavior and Performance of Stakeholders -- 1.1. The analytical framework -- 1.1.1. The contractual model and agency problems -- 1.1.2. The resource-dependent approach -- 1.2. From the theoretical framework to the empirical findings: observed behaviors -- 1.2.1. Methodological problems -- 1.2.2. The arbitrations made: the entrepreneurial risk -- 1.2.3. The change of the relationships over time -- 1.2.4. Behaviors of refusal -- 1.2.5. Risk aversion of venture capitalists -- 1.3. The contribution of venture capital to the performance of innovative companies -- 1.3.1. Innovation, growth and employment -- 1.3.2. Survival rates and entrepreneurial persistence -- 1.4. Conclusion -- 2. The Sectoral Dynamics of Venture Capital -- 2.1. Orientation by sector -- 2.1.1. The orientation of venture capital by sector in the United States -- 2.1.2. The trajectory in Europe -- 2.1.3. The lessons learned -- 2.2. High-tech industries, a less stable group -- 2.2.1. Knowledge base, high-tech sectors, and venture capital: the macroeconomic influence -- 2.2.2. The influence of advanced industries on the performance of the US economy -- 2.2.3. Business creation, growth thresholds, and the new technology sector -- 2.2.4. Elements of explanation -- 2.3. An econometric model for determining high-tech investment in Europe -- 2.3.1. The approach used: the analytical framework and assumptions made -- 2.3.2. The econometric model -- 2.3.3. Results and discussion.
