Attributions to intuition in the venture founding process: Do entrepreneurs actually use intuition or just say that they do?

Even though entrepreneurs often cite the use of intuition as a basis for their venturing decisions, verifying that entrepreneurs are actually using intuition is very difficult. We distinguish between entrepreneurs' attributions to intuition and their actual use of intuition. We propose characteristics of entrepreneurs that increase the likelihood that they will attribute intuition as a basis for decisions during the venture founding process. We then delineate characteristics that make the development and effective use of entrepreneurial intuition more likely. Theoretical implications for researchers studying intuition and practical implications for entrepreneurs using intuition are discussed.     

The influence of dispositional affect and cognition on venture investment portfolio concentration

We explore how an investor's dispositional affect and cognitive style influence venture investment portfolio concentration. Based on a field study using a sample of 128 judges from a business plan competition, we find that high positive affectivity investors construct more concentrated investment portfolios than their low positive affectivity counterparts, whereas high negative affectivity investors construct more diversified investment portfolios than their low negative affectivity counterparts. Further, investors who rely on analytical decision making display a weaker relationship between negative affectivity and investment diversification whereas investors who rely on emotion-based decision making display a stronger relationship between positive affectivity and investment concentration.     

农民创业企业盈利模式探讨——以三喜农科为例

无论是从发达国家农业现代化发展经验还是从我国农业发展阶段来讲,以农业龙头企业为核心的农业产业化经营模式是我国农业现代化的必由之路。本文以农业龙头创业企业三喜农科为研究案例,通过对其经营模式、利润来源进行分析,并构建了企业盈利模式分析模型,对其盈利结构、盈利能力和盈利途径进行了研究。其独特的经营和盈利模式对其他农民创业企业经营和盈利模式的选择具有重要参考和借鉴意义。     

Reconsidering the venture capitalists' “value added” proposition: An interorganizational learning perspective

This study examines the interorganizational relationships among venture capitalists (VCs) and new venture teams (NVTs) for their contribution to long-term improvement in the performance of a venture. Research in (1) learning assistance, (2) NVT dismissal and (3) procedural justice provide important insights into the unique interorganizational relationship that exists among VCs and the NVTs they fund. We found the following: (1) no statistically significant support for strategic information, (2) a negative association for dismissals and (3) positive support for procedurally just interventions. These longitudinal findings suggest important future research on interorganizational relationships.     

Staged Financing of Start-ups

From a theoretical perspective, staged financing of start-ups mainly serves to reduce agency risks for investors dealing with founders. This risk reduction is partly offset by the transaction costs caused by staged financing. From the perspective of founders, staging can reduce the cost of equity, but it also increases the share of external company and market risks they have to bear. Our empirical study of a sample of German start-ups confirms the importance of transaction costs and shifting external risk for staging decisions, but does not support agency theoretical explanations of staged financing.     

风险投资项目筛选与价值评估的重要因素及其评价指标体系分析

风险投资固有的高风险特征,使得初始投资决策十分重要。研究项目筛选和价值评估机理的目的,正是为了正确认识风险投资项目在价值形成、影响因素等方面的内在规律性,为投资者正确评估风险项目,作出正确的投资决策奠定基础。本文通过对风险投资项目特征、价值形成及影响风险投资项目筛选和价值评估的重要因素进行分析,建立了风险投资项目筛选和价值评估的指标体系。     

从创业投资看企业创业的本质

目前流行的企业创业观是有严重缺陷的。鉴于创业投资与企业创业的密切关系 ,我们认为 :企业创业的本质是创业投资契约形成。     

The optimal portfolio of start-up firms in venture capital finance

Venture capitalists (VCs) not only finance but also add value to start-up companies. Advising firms is time consuming and creates a trade-off between intensity of advice and portfolio size. We jointly determine the optimal number of portfolio companies and the intensity of managerial advice. Diminishing returns to advice per firm call for a larger portfolio. With progressively increasing managerial effort cost, however, a larger number crowds out advice to each individual firm. As they receive less support, entrepreneurs request a larger profit share, making further portfolio expansion eventually unprofitable. Comparative static analysis shows how optimal portfolio size responds to venture returns and other parameters.     

日本风险投资的转变及其原因分析

为发展新兴产业、实现经济振兴,日本政府在政策制定、资金支持、机构服务、区域支援体系以及完善资本市场等方面进行全面的制度创新和组织创新,改善了风险企业发展的软硬环境。风险投资也表现出投资进入新的增长周期、资金来源多样化、投资方向进一步向高新技术产业集中、早期投资明显增加、进出渠道畅通等新特征,标志着日本风险投资进入了良性发展轨道。这些重大变化值得正在建设中的中国风险投资市场借鉴。     

风险投资基金运作中的激励与约束机制设计

风险投资基金作为从事风险投资的中介组织,蕴含着出现"内部人控制"的条件。本文在分析我国风险投资基金存在问题的基础上,综合运用经济学激励理论和管理学激励理论,从报酬机制、声誉机制及市场约束机制三个方面,提供了解决问题的思路。