RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Management Assessment Methods in Venture Capital
JF The Journal of Private Equity
FD Institutional Investor Journals
SP 29
OP 45
DO 10.3905/jpe.1999.319951
VO 2
IS 3
A1 Geoffrey H. Smart
YR 1999
UL https://pm-research.com/content/2/3/29.abstract
AB Venture capitalists employ a sometimes haphazard process for assessing senior managers of prospective new venture investments prior to making a final investment decision. There is a crying need for empirical research and practical theory to examine the assessment methods for human capital, and thereby assist the venture capital due diligence process. This article is the first to combine field research with theory from the fields of psychology and economics in an attempt to generate new theoretical and empirical insights.