TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gompers, Paul A; Lerner, Josh
TI  - Venture capital cycle
SN  - 978-0262071949
PY  - 2000///
CY  - London
PB  - MIT Press
KW  - Venture Financing
KW  - Economics
KW  - United States
N1  - $68.00; Venture Capital Fund-Raising --
An Overview of Venture Capital Fund-Raising --
What Drives Venture Capital Fund-Raising? --
How Are Venture Partnerships Structured? --
How Are Venture Capitalists Compensated? --
Does the Venture Capital Structure Matter? --
Venture Capital Investing --
An Overview of Venture Capital Investing --
Why Are Investments Staged? --
Do Fund Inflows Impact Private Equity Valuations? --
How Do Venture Capitalists Oversee Firms? --
Why Do Venture Capitalists Syndicate Investments? --
Does Venture Capital Spur Innovation? --
Can the Government Be an Effective Venture Capitalist? --
Exiting Venture Capital Investments --
An Overview of Exiting Venture Capital Investments --
Do Market Conditions Affect the Decision to Go Public? --
Does Reputation Affect the Decision to Go Public? --
Do Investment Bank-Affiliated Venture Capitalists Exhibit Conflict of Interest? --
Why Do IPO Lockups Exist? --
Why Do Venture Capitalists Distribute Shares? --
How Well Do Venture-Backed Offerings Perform? --
The Future of the Venture Capital Cycle
N2  - 	
This text synthesizes the research of the authors on venture capital organizations. After a historical overview, the book looks at the formation of funds, the investment of the funds in operating companies and the liquidation of these investments. It also provides a road map for future research
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