We propose an equilibrium model of the venture capital (VC) market with two-sided
matching between heterogeneous VCs and entrepreneurs in a principal-agent framework …

The Chinese venture capital (VC) market is a young and rapidly expanding financial
subsector. Gaining a deeper understanding of the investment behaviours of VC firms is …

This paper presents a process study on the evolution of new ventures. We adopt the
theoretical lens of “archetypes,” which allows us to take a holistic perspective on new …

In the contemporary business environment, startups have emerged as significant
employment contributors, particularly in mature startup ecosystems, such as the United …

Organizations exploit the information diffusion and signaling properties of their existing inter-
organizational networks to manage the risks and uncertainty involved in forming new …

Open networks give actors non-redundant information that is diverse, while closed networks
offer redundant information that is easier to interpret. Integrating arguments about network …

New ventures face a variety of competitive and external challenges as they seek high
performance. This requires an assortment of market and non-market growth strategies best …

In this paper, we provide an ex-ante explanation for why some technologies such as James
Watt's steam engine move successfully across broad technological fields, while other …

We study the trade-offs that biotech start-ups face in the private equity market when they
choose between raising firm-level capital from venture capitalists or project-level capital from …

Entrepreneurship research has paid insufficient attention to the context in which new
businesses are started. Consequently, efforts to identify factors that consistently lead to …