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Liquidity gaps in financing the SME sector in an emerging market: evidence from Poland

Klonowski, Darek - In: International Journal of Emerging Markets 7 (2012) 3, pp. 335-355

Purpose – Access to finance appears to be the largest challenge for entrepreneurial firms from the small to medium‐sized enterprise (SME) sector in Poland. To address this concern, the government embarked on a program to yield financial and know‐how assistance to the SME sector. The...

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The initial and long‐run returns of Japanese venture capital‐backed and non‐venture capital‐backed IPOs

Kirkulak, Berna - In: International Journal of Managerial Finance 4 (2008) 2, pp. 112-135

capital (VC)‐backed and non‐VC‐backed. The main research focus is on the performance of VC‐backed companies. Design …/methodology/approach – This paper presents a comprehensive long‐run performance analysis. As such, it provides evidence using two performance … the poor long‐run performance. The results suggest that although VC‐backed companies have high initial returns, they …

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What order flow reveals about the role of the underwriter in IPO aftermarkets

Aitken, Michael; Harris, Frederick H.; McInish, Thomas H.; … - In: International Journal of Managerial Finance 5 (2009) 1, pp. 16-49

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the cross‐sectional determinants of the role of the underwriter in aftermarket price discovery. Design/methodology/approach – The paper estimates Gonzalo‐Granger common factor weights across underwriter and non‐underwriter execution...

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When should venture capitalists exit their investee companies?

Li, Xun; Huat Tan, Hwee; Wilson, Craig; Wu, Zhenyu - In: International Journal of Managerial Finance 9 (2013) 4, pp. 351-364

Purpose – Exit strategies are critical for external private equity holders, such as venture capitalists and business angels, to receive investment returns successfully. The paper models the exit decision as a fixed date with the option to exit early, and develop an approach to help private...

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In search of project substance: how do private investors evaluate projects?

Olsson, Nils O.E.; Frydenberg, Stein; Jakobsen, Erik W.; … - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 3 (2010) 2, pp. 257-274

Purpose – The paper reports on a study of private investors' assessment of projects. The study includes both financial and non‐financial analysis of projects, with an emphasis on non‐financial analysis. The purpose of this paper is to explore factors that influence the substance...

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Secondary management buy‐outs and buy‐ins

Wright, Mike; Robbie, Ken; Albrighton, Mark - In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research 6 (2000) 1, pp. 21-40

This paper provides an exploratory examination of the growing phenomenon of secondary management buy‐outs and buy‐ins, where an enterprise having initially been bought out by management is later the subject of a second buy‐out or buy‐in. Such transactions provide a further dimension to...

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Ownership structure, board composition and entrepreneurship

Brunninge, Olof; Nordqvist, Mattias - In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research 10 (2004) 1/2, pp. 85-105

The purpose of this article is to investigate how ownership structure, especially family and/or venture‐capital involvement, as well as entrepreneurial activities, defined as strategic change and renewal, help explain the involvement of independent members on boards of directors. The CEOs of...

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Entrepreneurial women and private capital

de Bruin, Anne; Flint‐Hartle, Susan - In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research 11 (2005) 2, pp. 108-128

obtain and interpret fine‐grained information in order to mitigate the research gap on growth finance for women …

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Handbook of Research on Venture Capital

Shabbir, Amama - In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research 14 (2008) 5, pp. 370-372

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Funding gap, what funding gap? Financial bootstrapping

Lam, Wing - In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research 16 (2010) 4, pp. 268-295

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to make sense of the “funding gap” by exploring how and why informal entrepreneurial finance is made available to entrepreneurs. By challenging the epistemological and ontological assumptions of the “funding gap”, an enactment perspective of...

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