Corporate Venture Capital - Bridging the Equity Gap in the Small Business Sector (Hardcover, annotated edition)

Since the start of the 1980's there has been a significant rise in the number of forms of collaborative pressures in the global market-place. One form of collaboration is Corporate Venture Capital Investment, or Corporate Venturing. This involves large, non-financial companies taking minority equity stakes in small unquoted firms, and can be beneficial for both parties. The levels of corporate venturing are, however, reportedly low in the UK, particularly when compared to levels in the USA. This volume addresses the lack of academic and practical research into corporate venturing by examining the role of this activity as both a form of large firm-small firm collaboration and as an alternative source of equity finance for small firms. These issues are explored through surveys of independent fund managers, corporate executives and technology-based firm directors. The author finds corporate venturing to be a valuable source of equity finance for early stage, technology-based firms, as well as for the institutional venture capital funds which specialize in investing in such ventures. Implications for both academic theorists and practitioners are considered.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Studies in Entrepreneurship and Small Business
Release date:	July 1997
First published:	1997
Authors:	Kevin McNally
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	274
Edition:	annotated edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-15467-3
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Ownership & organization of enterprises > Small businesses & self-employed Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management of specific areas > Budgeting & financial management
LSN:	0-415-15467-7
Barcode:	9780415154673

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