We provide a model that links the high return to venture equity to the impatience of the VCs. VCs are scarce, and hence, they have market power and a high return on their investments. As a result, VCs are eager to terminate non-performing ventures so they can move on to new ones. The scarcity of...

We provide a model that links the high return to venture equity to the impatience of the VCs. VCs are scarce, and hence, they have market power and a high return on their investments. As a result, VCs are eager to terminate non-performing ventures so they can move on to new ones. The scarcity of...

We examine the effect of staggered changes in state-level capital gains tax rates on Venture Capital (VC)-backed start-ups and show that an increase in tax rates reduces patent quantity and quality. The results are consistent with a reduction in VC incentives to provide effort: VC-level tax...

Grundlegende Beiträge -- Grundüberlegungen zur Theorieorientierung in der Gründungsforschung -- Chancen und Risiken der Gründungsfinanzierung aus informationsökonomischer Sicht -- Entrepreneurial Finance und das Modigliani-Miller-Theorem -- Finanzierung von jungen Unternehmen in der Net...

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...

Small and startup IT (SSIT) firms are responsible for a lot of important IT innovations in the IT industry. Several SSIT firms are then bought by larger, more established IT companies that want to drive their innovation, add new product and service lines, or limit competition. However, because...