Financial Management in Practice aims, as the title suggests, to go beyond a classic academic approach to financial management, by illustrating theoretical insights with concrete cases. The book is structured according to this ethos of practicality. Beginning with a description of the current...

pt. 1. The financial community's perspective on the role of private equity -- pt. 2. The entrepreneur's perspective on the role of private equity -- pt. 3. Private equity and the role of public policy in Europe.

This study develops and tests a model examining the interrelationships and relative importance of management characteristics, business strategy and industry structure as influences on the performance of new, technology based companies. For a sample of 36 companies the founding managers had a...

Examines the key prefunding factors which influence the success of high-technology companies funded by venture capital. The relevant literature on technological startups, including related work in entrepreneurship, was reviewed. Next, eight venture capitalists, who collectively have more than...