This article appears as Chapter One in Corporate Governance of Non-Listed Companies. The chapter evaluates the role of corporate law in formulating effective solutions to the core agency problems that arise in non-listed companies. We show how a range of legal strategies, which were originally...

This paper evaluates the primary legal and financial mechanisms that help support the development of a venture capital market. Specifically, we argue that emulating the organizational and contractual pattern of the US venture capital market could enhance the development of the European venture...