Over the past three decades, universities in industrialized countries have become increasingly active as venture capital financiers. Here, we analyze if investments in university-affiliated portfolio companies, in the form of an institutional-personal relation between the university and the...

Venture capital (VC) syndication mainly occurs to compensate for a lack of resources, whether financial or otherwise. The current literature does not sufficiently explore the extent to which the motives differ for syndication between general partners (GPs) or between GPs and limited partners...

On behalf of the German Federal Government, the Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation presents its second report. This was originally intended to be a “short” report, in which the key indicators of research and development were up-dated and commented on. However, the Expert...

The concept of social entrepreneurship is attracting a lot of attention from the business- and research field. Social enterprises are positioned in between traditional charities and for-profit corporations.The article "Social Entrepreneurship - An Overview" introduces relevant terms and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a case study of UK fashion retailer New Look and focuses on the impact of private equity on corporate governance, employment and leverage after the public‐to‐private conversion in 2003. Design/methodology/approach – This study follows a...