[...]Im Mittelpunkt des vorliegenden Beitrags steht entsprechend die Frage, ob Familienunternehmen Leistungen von Unternehmensberatungen anders nut-zen als nicht familiengeführte Unternehmen. Mögliche Unterschiede sollen mit Hilfe einer empirischen Untersuchung näher beleuchtet werden. Ziel...

Die Arbeit fasst die Entwicklung der Consultingbranche in Europa zusammen.

Kaum ein Berufsstand hat einen so schlechten Ruf wie der des professionellen Beraters. Die fachbezogenen Medien im Bereich integrierter Informationssysteme sind voll von Berichten über mangelhafte Beratungsleistungen. Die einschlägige Literatur veröffentlicht zahllose Ratgeber in Buchform,...

Venture capital activity differs considerably across countries. Venture capital markets are highly developed in few countries, while these markets are almost nonexistent in many other countries. This paper examines the conditions that have to be fulfilled for liquid venture capital markets to...

This paper examines the impact of venture capitalists' reputation building and experience accumulation on the genesis of venture capital markets. Venture capitalists must accumulate experience to successfully support high-technology enterprises. They must build reputation, i.e., a track record...

It is still an open question what kind of smart capital relational investors actually supply. We divide smart capital into several components and conduct a survey among 85 German suppliers of start-up finance. The results show that the degree of "smartness" is determined by the financial product...

We study regulation of the auditing profession in a model where audit quality is unobservable and enforcing regulation is costly. The optimal audit standard falls short of the first-best audit quality, and is increasing in the riskiness of firms and in the amount of funding they seek. The model...

We consider a start-up firm which applies for a bank loan to implement a project based on complementary activities. The firm has the possibility to improve the complementarity effect by coordinating the activities. Coordination is costly and can be made either by using internal human resources...

Business training programs are a popular policy option to try to improve the performance of enterprises around the world. The last few years have seen rapid growth in the number of evaluations of these programs in developing countries. We undertake a critical review of these studies with the...