Earnings management at the time of the IPO is an important issue and has captured considerable attention of academic literatures. However, there have been few studies testing earnings management in the context of market condition, and when financial intermediaries such as venture capital (VC)...

The paper examines the issues of state and development of the informal venture capital (IVC) of Latvia. The results of a questionnaire survey of managers of business angels networks (BAN) are presented in the paper. The research analyses both quantitative and qualitative indicators of the IVC....

General partners (GPs) in private equity (PE) report the performance of an existing fund while raising capital for a follow-on fund. Interim performance has large effects on fundraising outcomes; the impact is greatest when backed by exits and for low reputation GPs. Faced with these incentives,...

We investigate the dynamics of earnings management (EM) in IPOs and the role of venture capitalist (VC) in hampering such practice. We study the behavior of EM in four phases: Pre-IPO, IPO, Lock-up and Post-lock-up. We find that VC-sponsored firms tend to do more EM in the Pre-IPO period, and...

We examine firms' corporate venture capital (CVC) investing activities from a disclosure and financial reporting perspective. The CVC industry has matured to become a driving force for innovation in today's corporate landscape, yet there is very little research from accounting scholars. We...

The relationship between (a) private and public equity market valuations and (b) financial statement information is examined for a sample of 502 venture capital backed companies from six different industries over the 1993-2003 period. Financial statement information explains a sizable component...

This study shows how venture capital investors can identify potential biases in multi-year management forecasts before an investment decision and derive significantly more accurate failure predictions. By advancing a cross-sectional projection method developed by prior research and using...

This study examines the relevance of financial and non-financial information for the valuation of venture-capital investments. Based on a hand-collected dataset on venture-backed start-ups in Germany, we investigate the internal due diligence documents of over 200 investment rounds. We document...

I study the relation between venture capitalists' (VCs) presence and real activities manipulation (RM). I find that compared to non-venture-backed companies, venture-backed companies show significantly less RM in the first post-IPO fiscal year. The results are robust after controlling for the VC...

We examine accounting standard ASR 118 mandating the reporting of fair values of investment securities. Using a unique setting, the USA public venture capital (VC) industry, we test whether ASR 118 would be important to investors, or whether relevance would come at the expense of reliability. We...