Venture Capital and the Inventive Process [electronic resource] : VC Funds for Ideas-Led Growth /
Agmon, Tamir.author.
Sjögren, Stefan.author.
The inventive process is the most important driver of economic growth. Venture capital (VC) funds have contributed a small, but critical, part to the inventive process. VC funds boost the inventive process by selecting a small number of radical ideas out a large flow of ideas and invest in their testing, development and commercialization. They bring together capital from general savings, management capabilities and business experience. When successful, VC-backed companies can contribute substantially to the welfare of society. In this book, VC funds are discussed in the context of macroeconomics, industrial organization, financial intermediation and financial economics. The authors adopt a comprehensive overview to provide clearer insight into the role of VC funds in the capital market and the way they operate.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1 A Comprehensive Economic Look at VC Funds .-2 The Size and the Characteristics of the Venture Capital Industry  -- 3 VC Funds and the Semiconductor Industry: an Illustration .-4 A Macro Perspective on the Unique Role of VC Funds in the Process from Ideas to Growth  -- 5 Government Intervention to Promote Radical Ideas and VC Funds as a Functional Form to Facilitate their Financing .-6 How the Contracts Between the LPs, GP and the Entrepreneurs Facilitate Investments in High Risk Radical Ideas .-7 The Allocation of Savings to VC Funds, Consumers' Surplus and Life-Cycle Savings Model .-8 Externalities, Consumers' Surplus and the Long-Term Return on Investments by VC Funds .-9 The future of VC Funds: The Effects of Technology and Globalization  -- Afterword.
The inventive process is the most important driver of economic growth. Venture capital (VC) funds have contributed a small, but critical, part to the inventive process. VC funds boost the inventive process by selecting a small number of radical ideas out a large flow of ideas and invest in their testing, development and commercialization. They bring together capital from general savings, management capabilities and business experience. When successful, VC-backed companies can contribute substantially to the welfare of society. In this book, VC funds are discussed in the context of macroeconomics, industrial organization, financial intermediation and financial economics. The authors adopt a comprehensive overview to provide clearer insight into the role of VC funds in the capital market and the way they operate.
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