Corporate Venture Capital - Bridging the Equity Gap in the Small Business Sector

Informationen zum Autor Kevin McNally Klappentext This book 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, coporate executives and technology-based firm directors. Zusammenfassung This book 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 a source of equity finance for small firms. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Inter-firm Collaboration, 2. Corporate Venturing and Corporate Venture Capital: Definitions, Potential Benefits Evidence and Justifications for Research, 3. Corporate Venture Capital Investment in the United Kingdom: A Survey of Corporate Objectives, 4. The CVC Investment Process: A Strategy for Bridging the Equity Gap, 5. Externally Managed CVC: The Fund Manager's Perspective, 6. Technology-based Firms and CVC: The Investee Company's Perspective, 7. Conclusions

Product details

• Authors: Kevin Mcnally, McNally Kevin
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.12.2011
• EAN: 9780415515016
• ISBN: 978-0-415-51501-6
• No. of pages: 274
• Series: Routledge Studies in Entrepreneurship and Small Business
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Business & Economics / General, Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, Small businesses & self-employed, Corporate Finance, Small businesses and self-employment, Business mathematics & systems, Business mathematics and systems