Risk Appraisal and Venture Capital in High Technology New Ventures

Zusatztext 'A highly readable and informative book...which is unlikely to be surpassed for some considerable time. A very wide range of readers could undoubtedly gain new perspectives and insights from reading this text.' - British Accounting Review'[The book] adds much needed depth in our understanding of a complex topic. This is a high quality volume that should be an essential library purchase and recommended reading! not only for scholars and advanced graduate students! but also a highly valuable book for all stakeholders involved in high-tech industry venture capital.' - International Small Business Journal Informationen zum Autor Gavin C. Reid, Julia A. Smith Zusammenfassung Appealing to both mainstream and evolutionary economists, this book, written by an author with an excellent track record, is a ‘crossover’ treatment of quantitative and qualitative risk analysis within the setting of new high technology ventures. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: Conceptual Framework 1. Background 2. Risk and Uncertainty Part 2: Sampling and Evidence 3. Sampling, Fieldwork and Instrumentation 4. Investor and Investee Appraisal of Risk Part 3: Statistical Analysis 5. Investor-Investee Statistical Analysis 6. Risk Appraisal by Investors: Statistical Analysis Part 4: Case Study Analysis 7. Case Study Analysis of Risk Appraisal by Entrepreneurs 8. Further Illustrative Case Studies Part 5: Reporting and Investment 9. Financial Reporting, Risk Disclosure and Intangible Assets 10. Behavioural Variables and Investment Fund Allocation Part 6: Concluding Material 11. Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Gavin C. Reid, Gavin C. (University of St Andrews Reid, Gavin C. Smith Reid, Reid Gavin C., Julia A. Smith
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.09.2007
• EAN: 9780415373517
• ISBN: 978-0-415-37351-7
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, Entrepreneurship, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Accounting / Financial, Research & development management, Business mathematics & systems, Research and development management, Business mathematics and systems, Entrepreneurship / Start-ups