Venture Capital in Europe

1 Venture capital in Europe: closing the gap to the U.S. Andreas Oehler, Kuntara Pukthuanthong, Marco Rummer, and Thomas Walker 2 Public venture capital across Europe: a 15-year perspective Christof Beuselinck and Sophie Manigart 3 Why are venture capital markets well developed in some countries but comparatively small in others: evidence from Europe Kuntara Pukthuanthong, Dolruedee Thiengtham, and Thomas Walker

4 A survey of the venture capital industry in Central and Eastern Europe Rachel A. Campbell and Roman Kräussl 5 Venture capital in European transition economies Robert W. McGee 6 Recommendations for the development of a European Venture Capital regulatory corpus: lessons from the USA Edward J. Lusk, Gregor Schmidt, and Michael Halperin
7 Productivity growth in Spanish venture-backed firms Luisa Alemany and José Martí 8 Is the Spanish public-sector effective in backing venture capital Nina Zieling, José Martí and Marina Balboa 9 A review of the venture capital industry in Italy Fabio Bertoni, Massimo G. Colombo, Annalisa Croce, and Evila Piva 10 Exit strategy and the intensity of exit-directed activities among venture capital backed entrepreneurs in Sweden Anders Isaksson 11 Private equity fund managers over-value their company investments Tom Weidig, Andreas Kemmerer, Tadeusz Lutoborski and Mark Wahrenburg 12 A search model of Venture Capital, entrepreneurship, and unemployment Robin Boadway, Oana Secrieru and Marianne Vigneault 13 Capital structure in new technology-based firms: venture capital-backed versus non-venture capital-backed firms in the Irish software sector Teresa Hogan and Elaine Hutson 14 German business ventures –enterpreneurs, financing and success factors Niklas Wagner, Martin Brixner, Angela Poech and Christoph Kaserer 15 Financing practices in the German Venture Capital industry: an empirical study Andreas Bascha and Uwe Walz 16 Covenants in Venture Capital contracts: theory and empirical evidence from the German capital market Ron C. Antonczyk, Wolfgang Breuer, and Klaus Mark 17 Supply and demand of venture capital for biotech firms: the case of the Belgian regions of Wallonia and Brussels Véronique Bastin, Georges Hübner, Pierre-Armand Michel, and Mélanie Servais 18 Efficiency of VC firms using data envelopment analysis Greg N. Gregoriou, Maher Kooli, Philipp Krohmer, and Rainer Lauterbach
19 Agency theory and management buy-out: the role of venture capitalists Hans Bruining and Arthur Herst 20 Does the value of Venture Capital vary over the investee life cycle? evidence from Irish investees Nancy Huyghebaert and Sheila O’Donohoe 21 German banks as venture capitalists Tereza Tykvova 22 Long-run venture-backed IPO performance analysis of italian family-owned firms: what role do closed-end funds play? Stefano Caselli and Stefano Gatti 23 Securitisation and venture capital fund-raising Paul U Ali 24 Total loss risk in European vs. U.S. based venture capital investments Dieter Kaiser, Rainer Lauterbach, and Denis Schweizer

Until recently, only the United States had an active venture capital market. This is changing rapidly, as many other countries have experienced rapid growth in venture capital financing over the past five years. This book contains new scientific articles showcasing the latest research on venture capital in Europe. Venture capital investment remains a hot topic with portfolio managers, individual investors, academics worldwide. This book examines in detail all the major issues regarding venture capital investment: contracting, financing, regulation, valuation, etc. and identifies new trends in the venture capital arena.

Features a foreword by Josh Lerner.

The only book in which academics from around the world present the latest research on venture capital in Europe Covers all of Europe as well as including overview papers about venture capital industry, public and private venture capital, valuation, financing, contracting, structuring, regulation, etc. *Comprehensive, authoritative coverage

Primary audience: Professionals, academics, and graduate students in finance Specifically: Institutional investors looking for new investment, legal staff of corporations Interested in current trends in venture capital financing, and academics looking for new research on venture capital. Secondary readership: Professional organizations and securities regulators specializing in alternative investment; students in courses on corporate finance, international finance, entrepreneurial finance and alternative investments (book would be supplemental text).