This paper analyzes the decision process of venture capitalists. The study focuses on aligning the evaluation uncertainty in the decision criteria of venture capitalists with the progress of the process. The reasoning builds from the concept of search, experience and credence qualities, which...

This study sheds light on the so-called, "entrepreneurial event," which is of utmost importance within the entrepreneurial process. We develop a framework describing the occurrence of such an event in terms of characteristics of the business opportunity as well as in terms of characteristics of...

The term ‘investor relations' (IR) often refers only to the very formal and primarily anonymous relations and communication between publicly traded companies and their (potential) shareholders. Especially for young and not yet publicly traded companies (so-called start-ups), it can be shown...

The entrepreneur can be viewed as the source that implements his entrepreneurial capabilities to recognize, pursue and successfully exploit viable business opportunities. However, it is at the beginning of the entrepreneurial process, that the pre-nascent entrepreneur is confronted with various...