In this paper we construct a model in which entrepreneurial innovations are sold into oligopolistic industries and where adverse selection problems between entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and incumbents are present. We show that as exacerbated development by better-informed venture-backed rms...

Our model reconciles seemingly contradictory empirical evidence on venture capital activity. Despite the venture capital-backed companies' superior long-run performance, stock markets react more negatively to their acquisitions than to other private acquisitions. Moreover, venture capital...