Most studies on entrepreneurs' networks incorporate social capital and networks as independent variables that affect … entrepreneurs' actions and its outcomes. By contrast, this article examines social capital of the Chinese and Russian entrepreneurs … and venture capitalists as dependent variables, and it examines entrepreneurs' social capital from the perspectives of …

where adverse selection problems between entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and incumbents are present. We show that as …

Entrepreneurs face higher commercialization costs than incumbents. We show that this implies that entrepreneurs will …, entrepreneurs may select too safe projects from a social point of view, since they do not internalize the business stealing effect … inducing entrepreneurs to choose less risky projects, whereas R&D support encourages entrepreneurship without affecting the …

investors and 72 entrepreneurs belonging to 54 ventures located either in California or Belgium. Regression analyses indicate … that entrepreneurial intentions to exit are higher for entrepreneurs who face more task and goal conflicts. Angel investors …

We study how entrepreneurs evaluate the ability of different U.S. venture capitalists (VCs) to add value to start …-up companies. Analyzing a large dataset on entrepreneurs' stated preferences on VCs, we show that entrepreneurs view independent … entrepreneurs are able to correctly identify the VCs with better track record, they do not believe that such VCs have a higher …

VC market. We theorize and empirically document that entrepreneurs' human capital background and venture …

entrepreneurs' interactions with different categories of private equity investors, namely business angels (BAs) and formal venture … that growth paths depend strongly on the entrepreneurs being more or less able to simultaneously leverage BAs' and VCs …' financial as well as cognitive resources. The entrepreneurs ‘capability to do so, is shown to be dependent on their specific …

policymakers in promoting innovation. VC investors are better informed. However, Angel investors offer entrepreneurs a better … avenue to capture entrepreneurs' motivational factors. We show that policy measures to enhance entrepreneurial activity …