ISBN-13: 9780415179690 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 384 str.
ISBN-13: 9780415179690 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 384 str.
Venture capital is a relatively new investment form, especially in the UK and Europe. This text provides a systematic analysis of what drives investor-investee relations in venture capital markets. It employs a principal agent framework to provide a contemporary, global analysis of contracting relations practice. By developing this framework, Gavin Reid is able to develop an organizing principle for viewing the bewildering complexity of real-world venture capital activity. The principal-agent framework is simply and non-technically expounded and background information on the UK capital industry provided before the reader is presented with the main body of the work. This consists of a series of in depth case studies of investor-investee relations, based on empirical research and organized around the principal-agent method, which provides insights into contemporary UK venture capital practice.