Thema dieses Kompendiums ist die Finanzierung von Unternehmensgründungen und des Unternehmenswachstums in einer frühen Phase. Der Band mit wissenschaftlichen Beiträgen von prominenten Fachvertretern ist die erste geschlossene Publikation zum Thema Entrepreneurial Finance. Er wendet sich...

Entrepreneurs are often faced with problems regarding start-up financing. But compared to novice entrepreneurs, experienced entrepreneurs should have both more knowledge and better contacts, which should potentially reduce the occurrence of problems and affect finance composition. However,...

pt. 1. The financial community's perspective on the role of private equity -- pt. 2. The entrepreneur's perspective on the role of private equity -- pt. 3. Private equity and the role of public policy in Europe.

This paper proposes and analyses a model of start-up investment. Innovative entrepreneurs are commercially inexperienced and can benefit from venture capital support. Only part of them succeed in matching with a venture capitalist while the rest must resort to standard bank finance. We consider...