When acting as an intermediary, corporate venture capital (CVC) units must balance two different institutional settings: the rigid corporate world and the advancing startup ecosystem. As a result, CVC units are faced with multiple voids that influence their organizational orientation toward one...

This study discusses a model of success in venture capital (VC) fundraising. We develop this model based on agency and trust theory. The model is tested against quantitative data collected from 151 limited partners (LP) with headquarters predominantly in North America and Europe. Beyond the...

Until recently, the African continent has held positive fundamentals for growth. However, the continent continues to face profound developmental challenges and structural weaknesses that impede sustained and inclusive growth. Largely driven by natural resources and commodities, the growth of...

Venture capital (VC) firms raising funds from their limited partners (LPs) have to provide arguments extending beyond the firm's track record to convince those partners to commit to their fund. We suggest that the subdimensions of perceived trustworthiness, that is, perceived ability, integrity,...

Organizational legitimacy is a key resource that is necessary for every venture to acquire other crucial resources, which will subsequently stimulate growth. We illustrate this legitimacy-growth relationship by analyzing the case of Europe's first online pharmacy DocMorris. Given that this ICT...

Corporate venture capital (CVC) investors are regularly painted with the same brush, a fact underscored by the often observed belief in the extant literature that corporate venture capitalists (CVCs) form a homogeneous group. In contrast to this simplifying perspective, this paper categorizes...

Dieses Buch unterstützt mittelständische Unternehmer und Führungskräfte dabei, den Prozess der Unternehmensintegration nach Unternehmenszukäufen erfolgreich zu meistern und beliebte Fallstricke zu vermeiden. Denn mit dem Abschluss des Kaufvertrags beginnt erst die eigentliche Arbeit....