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Venture Capital

Venture capital is a form of private equity financing provided by professional investment firms to early-stage and emerging companies with high growth potential, in exchange for equity stakes, characterized by substantial risk and return expectations through capital appreciation and exit events.

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MAKING FAST STRATEGIC DECISIONS IN HIGH-VELOCITY ENVIRONMENTS.

Kathleen M. Eisenhardt · Academy of Management Journal · 1989 · 3.8K citations

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An Estimated Model of Entrepreneurial Choice under Liquidity Constraints

David S. Evans, Boyan Jovanovic · Journal of Political Economy · 1989 · 3.3K citations

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Interorganizational Endorsements and the Performance of Entrepreneurial Ventures

Toby E. Stuart, Ha Hoang, Ralph C. Hybels · Administrative Science Quarterly · 1999 · 2.8K citations

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The structure and governance of venture-capital organizations

William A. Sahlman · Journal of Financial Economics · 1990 · 2.7K citations

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Venture Capitalist Certification in Initial Public Offerings

William L. Megginson, Kathleen A. Weiss · The Journal of Finance · 1991 · 2.4K citations

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Authors

5.1K

  1. DJ
    Douglas J. Cumming

    Florida Atlantic University, United States

    96 publications · 9.1K citations

    47

    h-index

  2. PA
    Paul A. Gompers

    National Bureau of Economic Research, United States

    54 publications · 15.6K citations

    41

    h-index

  3. JL
    Josh Lerner

    National Bureau of Economic Research, United States

    62 publications · 13.3K citations

    41

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  4. MW
    Mike Wright

    University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

    58 publications · 6.9K citations

    40

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  5. TH
    Thomas Hellmann

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    40 publications · 7K citations

    31

    h-index

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Institutions

2K

  1. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    71 h-index

    221 publications

    30.9K citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    52 h-index

    118 publications

    21.5K citations

  3. European Corporate Governance Institute

    Brussels, Belgium

    46 h-index

    137 publications

    10.9K citations

  4. Politecnico di Milano

    Milan, Italy

    39 h-index

    101 publications

    10.5K citations

  5. Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

    Lincoln, United States

    36 h-index

    78 publications

    8.7K citations

  6. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    36 h-index

    66 publications

    6.5K citations

  7. University of Nottingham

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    35 h-index

    99 publications

    12.9K citations

  8. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    34 h-index

    71 publications

    8.1K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Business Venturing

    JBV · 156 publications · 34.7K citations

    95

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  2. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 574 publications · 27.9K citations

    80

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  3. Venture Capital

    202 publications · 12K citations

    64

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  4. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice

    85 publications · 10.5K citations

    56

    h-index

  5. Small Business Economics

    79 publications · 6.6K citations

    43

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See also

Venture Capital

Exit Mechanisms

Investment Stages

Investor Selection

Deal Structure

Portfolio Strategy