The start-up team plays a key role in venture capitalists' evaluations of venture proposals. Our findings go beyond existing research, first by providing a detailed exploration of VCs' team evaluation criteria, and second by investigating the moderator variable of VC experience. Our results...

Firms and governments are increasingly interested in learning to exploit the value of lead user innovations for commercial advantage. Improvements to lead user theory are needed to inform and guide these efforts. In this paper we empirically test and confirm the basic tenants of lead user...

Numerous journal rankings exist in the field of Technology/Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship (TIE). In light of the growing importance of such rankings for the evaluation of research endeavors, the question arises as to which ranking constitutes the most appropriate scale. We suggest...