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The Formation and Interplay of Social Capital in the ORFE Processes of Crowd Funded Social Ventures
Lehner, Othmar Manfred - 2018
-value pairs between the funders and the entrepreneurs. Issues of identification and control are thus not based upon any formal … transformation of capital is highly moderated by cultural and symbolic capital. Crowdfunding seems an ideal match for entrepreneurs … seeking for ‘societal' value more than for economic gain. While the entrepreneurs act as catalysts, members of the crowd take …
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Determinants of control structure choice between entrepreneurs and investors in venture capital-backed startups
Wang, Lei; Zhou, Fangzhao; An, Yunbi - In: Economic modelling 63 (2017), pp. 215-225
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Start-up funding via equity crowdfunding in Germany: A qualitative analysis of success factors
Angerer, Martin; Brem, Alexander; Kraus, Sascha; Peter, … - In: The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance (JEF) 19 (2017) 1, pp. 1-34
Entrepreneurs often struggle to find sufficient funding for their start-ups. A relatively new way for companies to … researchers. This supports German entrepreneurs by presenting 20 important success elements that help to increase the capital …
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The landscape of corporate venturing in Germany: Insights on corporate venture capitals and corporate accelerators
Haslanger, Patrick - 2019
This paper adds to the literature of external corporate venturing, especially corporate venture capitals (CVCs) and corporate accelerators (CAs) by providing an overview of the German corporate venturing market and by offering first intriguing findings based on a novel and unique hand-collected...
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Do Company Builders Create Jobs? Examining the Rise of Incubation Finance in Germany
Scheuplein, Christoph; Kahl, Julian - 2017
Over the past decade, new types of business incubation have been developed. One particularly prominent example is company builders, which use their own resources to build up companies, establishing numerous companies in a series. In doing so, this investor type facilitates internal and external...
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Venture capitalists, asymmetric information and ownership in the innovation process
Fabrizi, Simona (contributor) - 2008
where adverse selection problems between entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and incumbents are present. We show that as … ; entrepreneurs ; signaling ; development ; M&A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003774795
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Informed capital in a hostile environment : the case of relational investors in Germany
Schäfer, Dorothea (contributor); Schilder, Dirk (contributor) - 2006
Informed capital is a crucial ingredient to a well-functioning market for start-up finance, especially in times of difficult market conditions. For bank-based systems, the question regarding which investors actually supply informed capital has not yet been answered. To fill this gap, we conduct...
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Influence of internal factors on the use of equity- and mezzanine-based financing in family firms
Achleitner, Ann-Kristin; Lutz, Eva; Schraml, Stephanie C. - 2009
The paper analyzes internal factors which influence the use of equity - and mezzanine-based financing instruments in German privately held family firms. Based on a sample of 195 surveys of family firms, we investigate the impact of family specific goals and corporate governance structures on the...
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The Regional Supply of Venture Capital – Can Syndication overcome Bottlenecks?
Fritsch, Michael; Schilder, Dirk - 2010
We investigate whether the supply of venture capital (VC) is driven by spatial proximity between a VC company and the portfolio firm. Our analysis is based on information about VC investments in Germany between 2004 and 2009. We find that possible problems caused by the geographic distance to a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008688466
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Patterns in spatial proximity between venture capital investors and investees in Germany : an empirical analysis
Bender, Marko; Lutz, Eva - 2009
The paper analyzes patterns in spatial proximity between venture capital investors and investees. We use a data set of 950 dyads of venture capitalists and German new ventures which have closed a financing round between January 2002 and March 2007. We are the first study to use minimum travel...
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