The paper offers a new explanation for the widely observed use of redeemable and convertible preferred stock in venture capital finance. Redeemable and convertible preferred stocks can be used to endogenously allocate cash flow and control rights as a function of the state of nature, the...

Die vorliegende Arbei behandelt auf der Basis gängiger Annahmen in der Literatur zur Wagniskapitalfinanzierung ein neoklassisches Modell der Preisbildung. Im Gegensatz zu den bestehenden vertragstheoretisch motivierten Modellen werden variierende Wettbewerbsverhältnisseberücksichtigt.

Die vorliegende Ausarbeitung hat die systematische Aufarbeitung von Techniken der risikobasierten Kapitalallokation zum Ziel. Bevor jedoch diese Techniken im Detail behandelt werden, ist es notwendig, eine Erläuterung der dabei zugrunde liegenden Kapitalkonzeption vorzunehmen sowie auf die auf...

This paper considers the effects of strategic substitutabilities on performanceand incentives in venture capital financing. The analysis points to a subtlelink between two pivotal roles of venture capitalists: (i) monitoring venturesand setting performance incentives...

This paper investigates four common features (covenants) of venture capital investment contracts from a real option perspective, using both analytical solutions and numerical analysis to draw inferences for a better understanding of contract features.

This paper shows the advantages of staged investments for venture capitalists.

This paper investigates how patent applications and grants held by new ventures improve their abilityto attract venture capital (VC) financing. We argue that investors are faced with considerable uncertaintyand therefore rely on patents as signals when trying to assess the prospects of potential...

[...]Our analysis suggests that, when we look across banks, themarket risk capital figures provide little additional informationabout the extent of an institution’s market risk exposurebeyond that conveyed by simply knowing the relative size of thetrading account. In contrast, when we look at...

As most other countries, Germany also faces dramatic regional differences in terms of socioeconomic development. One important driver of such development is the existence of a healthy entrepreneurial activity and the creation of new companies. We argue that venture capital (VC) and especially...