This article evaluates the emergent academic field of entrepreneurship to better understand
its progress and potential. We apply boundary and exchange concepts to examine 97 …

… books edited by William Bygrave and Andrew Zacharakis. … Zacharakis has taught seminars
at leading corporations, such … Professor Zacharakis actively consults with entrepreneurs and …

312 AL ZACHARAKIS AND DA SHEPHERD are making a “more informed decision.” More
information ideally should enable the VCs to assess any potential pitfalls. However, additional …

What decision criteria do venture capitalists (VCs) use to make their investment decisions?
This question has received much attention within entrepreneurship literature (ie,Wells 1974; …

Venture capitalists (VCs) are considered experts in identifying high-potential new ventures—gazelles.
VC-backed ventures survive at a much higher rate than those ventures backed by …

Using an attribution theory viewpoint, this study examines new venture failure from the
perspectives of both the entrepreneur and the venture capitalist. Contrary to what should be …

Decision-making processes employed by venture capitalists (VCs) varying in experience
were compared. Results show that for relatively inexperienced VCs, increasing experience is …

<p>This article acknowledges the importance of achieving confidence in partner co-operation
within the venture capitalist (VC)-entrepreneur relationship. The entrepreneur and the VC …

The best opportunity for growth is often overseas, even for smaller entrepreneurial firms.
However, resource-constrained smaller firms do not have as many available entry strategies as …

<p>Decision making is central to the ability of venture capitalists to predict those new ventures
likely to succeed, yet most studies into their decision making use post-hoc methodologies …