A survey of venture capital research
By: Marco Da Rin, Thomas F. Hellmann, Manju Puri
Contributors: Hellmann, Thomas; Puri, Manju; National Bureau of Economic Research
Series: NBER working paper series -- working paper 17523; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) -- working paper no. 17523.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Description: "This survey reviews the growing body of academic work on venture capital.  It lays out the major data sources used.  It examines the work on venture capital investments in companies, looking at issues of selection, contracting, post-investment services and exits.  The survey considers recent work on organizational structures of venture capital firms, and the relationship between general and limited partners.  It discusses the work on the returns to venture capital investments.  It also examines public policies, and the role of venture capital in the economy at large.Published: Forthcoming in George Constantinides, Milton Harris, and René Stulz (eds.) Handbook of the Economics of Finance, vol 2, Amsterdam, North Holland, 2012"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
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