This study is the first to examine the role offinancial statement information in a broad cross-section of industries in theventure-backed, private equity market. First, a discussion of prior research onventure-backed private equity valuation is offered. Next, data on the privateand public equity...

This study investigates the use of variable compensation to motivate product development managers and its impact upon the performance of product development projects. Grounded on measurement theory, the paper presents a model to explore the question of how to combine subjective and objective...

For more than twenty years, major innovations-the kind that transform industries and even societies-seem to have come almost exclusively from startups, despite massive efforts and millions of dollars spent by established companies. Tony Davila and Marc Epstein, authors of the bestselling Making...

This paper reports the results of a research project addressing the current state of e-procurement technologies. It analyzes which companies are moving fast into these technologies, how experimentation is taking place to learn about the business opportunities that may emerge through these...