Venture capital and management-led, leveraged buy-outs: a European perspective
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The leveraged buy-out market in Europe has developed greatly though along different lines since the trend flourished in the US in the 1980s. The biggest economies do not necessarily have the most highly developed markets and those with the highest short-term potential. Most deals are small, financed largely with venture capital, particularly in France, the UK and the Netherlands. Trade sale has replaced stock market flotation as the preferred way to sustain buy-out firms. In the UK, managers with an entrepreneurial bent often lead the transactions to gain greater control of the business.
Publication Name: Journal of Business Venturing
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0883-9026
Year: 1992
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Serial entrepreneurs
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A study designed to show the dynamic nature of entrepreneurs identifies serial entrepreneurship as an important, but largely ignored, subset of habitual entrepreneurship. Serial entrepreneurs are defined as individuals who become involved in one venture after exiting from a previous one. The study analyses the behaviour of three kinds of serial entrepreneurs, namely serial deal makers, venture repeaters and organic serials, and concludes that two main types exist. The first group enter a second venture mainly for defensive reasons, while the second group are more opportunist.
Publication Name: British Journal of Management
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 1045-3172
Year: 1997
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Spinning out new ventures: a typology of incubation strategies from European research institutions
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The different incubation strategies for spinning out companies employed by European Research Institutions are discussed. Cases used to validate incubation models in terms of resource and activities are presented.
Publication Name: Journal of Business Venturing
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0883-9026
Year: 2005
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