Franchising research: A literature review and synthesis

B Elango, VH Fried - Journal of small business management, 1997 - search.proquest.com
Fried is associate professor of management and Director of the Entrepreneurship Center
at Okiahoma State University. His current research interests are venture capital. top …

Toward a model of venture capital investment decision making

VH Fried, RD Hisrich - Financial management, 1994 - JSTOR
This paper uses a case study methodology to develop a model of the venture capital investment
decision-making process. It identifies generic criteria that venture capitalists use. A six-…

Strategy and the board of directors in venture capital-backed firms

VH Fried, GD Bruton, RD Hisrich - Journal of business venturing, 1998 - Elsevier
The results of this research demonstrate that boards of directors in venture-capital backed
companies are more involved in both strategy formation and evaluation than are boards …

The venture capitalist: A relationship investor

VH Fried, RD Hisrich - California management review, 1995 - journals.sagepub.com
V enture capital financing differs from more traditional equity financing in that the venture
capitalist plays a role in the management of the companies receiving investment. In addition to …

How venture capital firms differ

B Elango, VH Fried, RD Hisrich, A Polonchek - Journal of business …, 1995 - Elsevier
… In addition, in an exploratory study, Fried and Hisrich did not observe any differences in
time spent by stage. Because of the conflicting research, the following hypothesis is tentative: …

Venture capital research: past, present and future

VH Fried, RD Hisrich - Entrepreneurship Theory and …, 1988 - journals.sagepub.com
The period since 1980 has seen the emergence of venture capital as an area of academic
interest and research activity. This interest is merited given the importance of venture capital …

An entrepreneur's guide to the venture capital galaxy

D De Clercq, VH Fried, O Lehtonen… - Academy of …, 2006 - journals.aom.org
Executive Overview This article provides a foundation for an understanding of the dynamics
of venture capital from the entrepreneur's point of view. An important aspect of …

Institutional influences on the worldwide expansion of venture capital

GD Bruton, VH Fried… - … theory and practice, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
The venture capital (VC) industry started in the United States and then spread worldwide. As
it spread into other countries, there was a conscious attempt to copy industry practice from …

CEO dismissal in venture capital-backed firms: Further evidence from an agency perspective

GD Bruton, VH Fried… - … Theory and Practice, 2000 - journals.sagepub.com
This study uses agency theory to examine CEO dismissal in venture capital-backed firms.
Prior applications of agency theory have focused on reducing managerial opportunism by …

Defining a forum for entrepreneurship scholars

VH Fried - Journal of Business Venturing, 2003 - Elsevier
This study defines a forum for entrepreneurship scholars by updating [MacMillan, IC, 1993.
The emerging forum for entrepreneurship scholars. J. Bus. Venturing 8, 377–381]. A three-…