Risk Appraisal and Venture Capital in High Technology New Ventures

ISBN-13: 9780415595544 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 220 str.

Gavin C. Reid;Julia A. Smith

Opis

This book is a 'crossover' treatment of quantitative and qualitative risk analysis within the setting of new high technology ventures in the UK. Reid and Smith have based their research on extensive fieldwork in patent-intensive, high-technology firms. This has included face-to-face interviews with leading investors, and is illustrated by two chapters of case studies. Their aim is to advance the understanding of methods of risk assessment and to illuminate current policy concerns about stimulating innovative output and securing intellectual property. This book is unique in being academic in intent and purpose, yet strongly grounded in practice, without becoming merely a practitioner volume. Reid and Smith find a considerable consensus in the venture capital industry on the spectrum of investments by risk, and on key commercial factors affecting risk. This book offers a useful and interdisciplinary approach to an increasingly popular field of study.

Spis treści

Part 1: Conceptual Framework  1. Background  2. Risk and Uncertainty  Part 2: Sampling and Evidence  3. Sampling, Fieldwork and Instrumentation  4. Investor and Investee Appraisal of Risk  Part 3: Statistical Analysis  5. Investor-Investee Statistical Analysis  6. Risk Appraisal by Investors: Statistical Analysis  Part 4: Case Study Analysis  7. Case Study Analysis of Risk Appraisal by Entrepreneurs  8. Further Illustrative Case Studies  Part 5: Reporting and Investment  9. Financial Reporting, Risk Disclosure and Intangible Assets  10. Behavioural Variables and Investment Fund Allocation  Part 6: Concluding Material  11. Conclusion

O autorze

Gavin C. Reid, Julia A. Smith