This systematic review covers the extant literature on corporate governance in
entrepreneurial firms. Using a sample of 137 research papers published from pre-1990 …

The board of directors is legally responsible for setting the strategic direction of the firm and
for ensuring the firm's long-term performance in almost all governance environments …

This paper makes two contributions to research on the new entrepreneurial finance context
of equity crowdfunding. First, we compare its regulation around the world and discuss how …

There are competing theoretical explanations and conflicting empirical evidence for the
initial public offering (IPO) underpricing phenomenon in family firms. The behavioral agency …

This paper studies the combined effect of affiliation with prestigious universities,
underwriters, and venture capitalists on the valuation of biotech ventures at IPO and their …

Despite scholars' admonitions regarding the use of ratios in statistical analyses, the practice
is common in management research. This is particularly true in the area of strategic …

Entrepreneurial finance literature is largely segmented. Different streams of the academic
literature between entrepreneurship and finance have become segmented for reasons of …

We examine the impact of international venture capital investors on private firm success
spanning 81 countries over the years 1995–2010. The data examined indicate that, relative …

Prior evidence suggests that board independence may enhance financial performance, but
this relationship has been tested almost exclusively for Anglo-American countries. To …

Although innovation research has received considerable attention in recent decades, the
main focus has been on net effects analysis derived from symmetric thinking. Few studies …