ISBN10: 3640893166, ISBN13: 9783640893164, [publisher: GRIN Verlag] Softcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Doctoral Thesis / Dissertation from the year 2011 in the subject Business economics - Investment and Finance, University of Kassel (Research Group Entrepreneurship), language: English, abstract: Independent Venture Capital (IVC) has been paramount in the emergence of the information technology industry in both the United States and Europe. There are relatively few large global information technology companies in Europe. A widening gap is observable in the success rate of IVC backed start-ups between the U.S. and Europe in the information technology industry. This difference could be attributable to the differences in the venture capital financing of start-ups in the U.S., UK, Germany and France. This book deals with 'Differences in Venture Capital Financing of U.S., UK, German and French Information Technology Start-ups'. The comparative analysis is conducted on a microeconomic level (managerial venture capital research), i.e. on the venture capital firm level.The differences are analyzed for the whole venture capital investment cycle: contact phase, initial screening phase, due diligence phase, deal structuring and negotiation phase, management phase - value adding services, and exit phase. The research framework model examines the following differences in the venture capital investment cycle: average size of investment in the s ...
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ISBN10: 3640893166, ISBN13: 9783640893164, [publisher: GRIN Verlag] Softcover Like New
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Norderstedt Grin Verlag 2011 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 302 p.