Has Europe been catching up? : An industry level analysis of venture capital success over 1985 – 2009 : [Version November 2012]

  • After nearly two decades of US leadership during the 1980s and 1990s, are Europe’s venture capital (VC) markets in the 2000s finally catching up regarding the provision of financing and successful exits, or is the performance gap as wide as ever? Are we amid an overall VC performance slump with no encouraging news? We attempt to answer these questions by tracking over 40,000 VC-backed firms stemming from six industries in 13 European countries and the US between 1985 and 2009; determining the type of exit – if any – each particular firm’s investors choose for the venture.

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Author:Roman KräusslORCiDGND, Stefan Krause
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-286311
Parent Title (German):Center for Financial Studies (Frankfurt am Main): CFS working paper series ; No. 2012,16
Series (Serial Number):CFS working paper series (2012, 16)
Publisher:Center for Financial Studies
Place of publication:Frankfurt, M.
Document Type:Working Paper
Language:English
Year of Completion:2012
Year of first Publication:2012
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2013/02/04
Tag:Entrepreneurial Activity; Performance Gap; Private Equity; Venture Capital
Issue:Version November 2012
Page Number:49
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Stand: November 2012
HeBIS-PPN:328029343
Institutes:Wissenschaftliche Zentren und koordinierte Programme / Center for Financial Studies (CFS)
Dewey Decimal Classification:3 Sozialwissenschaften / 33 Wirtschaft / 330 Wirtschaft
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht