Despite growing interest in venture capital, there is a paucity of information on the rate of
return to these investments and the limited research that is available refers almost entirely to …

There is a substantial literature on the relationship between gender and access to finance.
However, most studies have been concerned with access to debt finance. More recently, the …

Much of the government intervention into the market ‘gap’ for start-up and early-stage equity
finance in the UK is based on the belief that the problem is on the supply side. Based on an …

Although research on the informal venture capital market has expanded in recent years our
current knowledge and understanding remains deficient in a number of respects. This paper …

There is evidence from a number of countries that small firms encounter a shortage of long-term
investment finance, particularly at start-up and initial growth. Expansion of the …

M ASON CM and H ARRISON RT (2006) After the exit: acquisitions, entrepreneurial recycling
and regional economic development, Regional Studies 40, 55–73. Most studies of the …

Research into the informal venture capital market is characterized by a focus on empirical
research into the characteristics of the market and on the development and analysis of the …

Access to finance has been identified as a significant constraint on the development of
technology-based businesses. Although important, institutional venture capital and business …

One of the most interesting insights from the Global Enterprise Monitor (GEM)—an annual
international survey of entrepreneurial activity in some 40 countries—is that informal sources …

M ason CM, C arter S. and T agg S. Invisible businesses: the characteristics of home-based
businesses in the United Kingdom, Regional Studies. Home-based businesses comprise a …