Unter Schlagzeilen wie "Venture Capital - Treibstoff für Traumrenditen", "Die neue Gründerzeit" oder "Geld wie Heu" hat sich die Wirtschaftspresse mit dem Phänomen einer neuen Gründerwelle befasst, die nach den USA nun auch Europa erfasst hat. Venture Capital (VC) oder Wagniskapital spielt...

Basierend auf den Perspektiven, wie Netzwerke Sozialkapital schaffen, analysiert diese Arbeit die Positionen, die Venture Capital Gesellschaften (VCG) in ihrem Syndizierungsnetzwerk innehaben und bestimmt die Auswirkung von Netzwerkpositionen auf die Deal Flow Quantität und Qualität. Der...

This dissertation comprises five different stand-alone research papers that were written as part of the doctoral program in “Quantitative Economics and Finance” at the University of Konstanz within the period of January 2004 and January 2008. All of the papers deal with an empirical analysis...

The purpose of this thesis, which is entitled 'Bioentrepreneurship in Germany', is to study important issues of entrepreneurship research in the specific context of the biotechnology industry. The thesis consists of five empirical studies which cover such diverse topics as financing strategies,...

Since the early 1990s the theoretical and practical issues associated with organizational capabilities have been a major research focus in marketing. However, there has been little focus simultaneously on industry environment and internal competitive capability development. A manager's...

Firm spending on innovation and marketing, as measured by research and development (R&D) and advertising expenses, respectively, are expected to yield positive returns in terms of share price performance. Given resource limitations, firms prioritize the quantum of their investments in R&D and...

Strategic entrepreneurship can be described as simultaneous opportunity seeking and advantage seeking. Younger firms are generally more flexible and therefore enjoy 'discovery advantages', whereas established firms tend to be resource rich and more experienced and consequently enjoy...

Over the past two decades, the resource-based view of the firm (RBV) has emerged as one of the more influential paradigms from the field of strategic management. However, the theory has been subjected to a number of criticisms, particularly related to the use of methodologies in past research....

The global market has an impact on almost all Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), but the high-technology industry appears to be most affected by the changes coming about due to globalisation. The industry is confronted with shorter product life cycles, blurring of industry boundaries and not...