The inefficiencies of venture capital funding

C Welter, TR Holcomb, J McIlwraith - Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite plentiful research into venture capital (VC), the process of obtaining funding still
frustrates both VC firms and startups. While uncertainty is necessary for the returns that VC …

Take the money or run? Investors' ethical reputation and entrepreneurs' willingness to partner

W Drover, MS Wood, Y Fassin - Journal of Business Venturing, 2014 - Elsevier
Drawing on the multi-principal–agent perspective, this research models the influence of
venture capitalists' reputation for ethical behavior on entrepreneurs' willingness to partner …

Modeling venture capital networks in hospitality and tourism entrepreneurial equity financing: An exponential random graph models approach

B Liu, C Luo, F Meng, H Jiang - International Journal of Hospitality …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study examines how venture capital (VC) networks form when financing hospitality and
tourism start-ups. We propose that networks form as a result of exogenous attributes along …

Does startup experience matter? Venture capital selection criteria among Israeli entrepreneurs

Y Falik, T Lahti, H Keinonen - Venture Capital, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
In this study we are concerned with understanding Israeli entrepreneurs' selection criteria in
choosing a venture capital (VC) firm. Our primary aim was to investigate how startup …

Resource dependence and network relations: A test of venture capital investment termination in China

Y Zheng, J Xia - Journal of Management Studies, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This study examines how venture capital (VC) firms terminate investments in an emerging
economy context. We contend that due to the weak institutional environment, it is …

Entrepreneurs' preference for corporate venture capital–The influence of exit strategies and resource requirements

S Weniger, S Jarchow, O Nenadić - Journal of Small Business and …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Literature on entrepreneurial finance has long overcome the view of an investor as
a sole provider of financial capital. Entrepreneurs need to consider more aspects when …

Exploring Entrepreneurs' Perceptions of Venture Capitalists' Added Value

R Vaidyanathan, V Vaidyanathan… - Journal of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Recent research on the marketing-entrepreneurship interface has highlighted the
importance of understanding the relationships between various actors that enable …

[BOOK][B] Getting funded: Proof-of-concept, due diligence, risk and reward

CS Mishra - 2015 - books.google.com
Investors receive thousands of business plans, but only a few businesses receive funding.
While there are many" how-tos" out there for entrepreneurs, no one has focused on the mind …

[HTML][HTML] Between benefit and risk: how entrepreneurs evaluate corporate investors

S Weniger, S Jarchow - Journal of Business Economics, 2023 - Springer
Start-up growth is inevitably dependent on the provision of external resources. Yet, even
though corporate venture capital could be an attractive funding source as it provides …

CEOs' appraisals of venture capitalists' external and internal support: a transaction cost economics perspective

D Khanin, O Turel - Venture Capital, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Previous research has established that, in addition to provision of financing, venture
capitalists (VCs) may add value to new ventures via different types of management support …