The Need for a Better Understanding of Legal Forms in Europe -- Cross-Border Operations and Enlargement of European Union as Driving Forces for Pan-European Expansion Strategies -- Legislatory Need for a Handbook on Legal Forms in Europe and Selection of Countries -- Legal forms of company...

This paper analyzes the relationship between management support offered by venture capitalfirms and the performance of entrepreneurial start-ups. An empirical investigation of a sampleof 129 German start-up companies leads to interesting results: Contrary to commonly statedbeliefs management...