1. Introduction, family firms and entrepreneurship -- 2. James Muspratt and the early years, 1793-1822 -- 3. Entrepreneurial spirit to the fore and overseas disputes, 1822-1840 -- 4. Gentrification with Seaforth Hall and conflict in the North American trade, 1841-1851 -- 5. Business expansion...

Proposing a novel research design for firm-level impact studies, I investigate the effects of venture capital financing on corporate performance by applying a two-stage propensity score matching on Austrian micro-data. Controlling for differences in industry, location, legal status, size, age,...