The Evolution of Entrepreneurs’ Fund-Raising Intentions A Multiple Case Study of Financing Processes in New Ventures /

• Main Author: Grünhagen, Marc (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Gabler, 2008.
• Subjects: Business.; Management.; Industrial management.; Finance.; Business and Management.; Innovation/Technology Management.; Finance, general.

Acquiring the necessary funding from discerning investors and lenders is regarded as a notorious problem for new ventures in Germany. Entrepreneurs’ deciding to adjust capital requirements or terminate the fund-raising struggle altogether affect the sustainable growth of new ventures. Yet, entrepren...

Table of Contents:

• Outline of problem and overview
• Epistemological concept: entrepreneurs as human agents
• New ventures: definition, financing needs, and legitimacy
• Financiers’ legitimacy demands and the evolution of entrepreneurs’ fund-raising intentions
• Multiple case studies of fund-raising processes in new ventures
• Conclusions and implications for research and practice.