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Firm Level Implications of Early Stage Venture Capital Investment: An Empirical Investigation
Keilbach, Max; Engel, Dirk - 2002
The paper analyses the impact of venture capital finance on growth and innovation activities of young German firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297278
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Firm Acquisitions and Technology Strategy: Corporate versus Private Equity Investors
Hussinger, Katrin; Grimpe, Christoph - 2007
value of patents and their potential to block competitors in technology markets. Our empirical results for European firm … firms with valuable patents. However, patents with a potential to block technology competitors seem to be only of interest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297965
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Building and Blocking: The Two Faces of Technology Acquisition
Grimpe, Christoph; Hussinger, Katrin - 2008
acquisitions. On the one hand, patents are used as a building instrument for the acquirer's technology portfolio. On the other hand …-based view of the firm, we analyze the importance of these two faces of technology acquisition for the valuation of a target firm …'s patents, especially if blocking patents are in technology fields related to the acquiring firm's patent portfolio. Our results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298053
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Building and Blocking: The Two Faces of Technology Acquisition
Grimpe, Christoph; Hussinger, Katrin - 2009
acquisitions. On the one hand, patents are used as a building instrument for the acquirer's technology portfolio. On the other hand …-based view of the firm, we analyze the importance of these two faces of technology acquisition for the valuation of a target firm … blocking patents are in technology fields related to the acquiring firm's patent portfolio. Our results have implications for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298687
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Is the Behavior of German Venture Capitalists Different? Evidence from the Neuer Markt
Tykvová, Tereza - 2003
Using a unique, hand-collected database of all venture- backed firms listed on Germany's Neuer Markt, we analyze the history of venture capital financing of these firms before the IPO and the behavior of venture capitalists at the IPO. We can detect significant differences in the behavior and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297295
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Who Are the True Venture Capitalists in Germany?
Tykvová, Tereza - 2004
In this paper, we analyze the investment and divestment patterns of different types of venture capitalists. Using a data set em- bracing all venture-backed IPOs that occurred on Germany's Neuer Markt we investigate whether the governance structures, objectives, abilities and track records of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297317
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The Birth of German Biotechnology Industry: Did Venture Capital run the Show?
Heneric, Oliver; Engel, Dirk; Champenois, Claire - 2004
applications and technology platforms is expected, whereas corporate investors like pharmaceutical and chemical industries should …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297325
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Are IPOs of Different VCs Different?
Tykvová, Tereza; Walz, Uwe - 2004
This paper sets out to analyze the influence of different types of venture capitalists on the performance of their portfolio firms around and after IPO. We investigate the hypothesis that different governance structures, objectives, and track records of different types of VCs have a significant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297354
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What do economists tell us about venture capital contracts?
Tykvová, Tereza - 2000
Venture capital markets are characterized by multiple incentive problems and asymmetric information in an uncertain environment. All kinds of agency problems are present: moral hazard, adverse selection, hold-up problems, window dressing, etc. Entrepreneurs and venture capitalists enter into...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297726
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Höheres Beschäftigungswachstum durch Venture Capital?
Engel, Dirk - 2001
Aufgrund der geringen Eigenkapitalausstattung junger, innovativer und schnell wachsender Unternehmen und erheblicher Unsicherheiten hinsichtlich des Erfolgs der geplanten Investitionen scheidet eine Finanzierung mittels Fremdkapital oftmals aus oder erfolgt nicht in dem Umfang, den die...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297771