Venture capital investment : an agency analysis of practice

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; The analysis of venture capital practice; Venture capital; Investigating investor-investee relations WITH; Principles of agency analysis; Instrumentation; Fieldwork; Investor and investee characteristics; Case study J: independent principal; Case study H: principal a banking subsidiary; Case study G: principal public sector owned; Risk management WITH; The demand for information by investors WITH; The supply of venture capital and the development of investees' accounting information systems WITH
This book consists of a series of in depth case studies of investor-investee relations, based on extensive empirical research and organized around the principal-agent method, which provide valuable insights into modern UK venture capital practice.