Mª Julia Prats, Benno Van Dongen
Start-up companies are not born from one mind alone; rather, they are the result of teamwork by people who work within an inspiring and supportive environment, or ecosystem, according to IESE Prof. Julia Prats and Roland Berger Strategy Consultant’s Benno Van Dongen. In their paper, the authors offer insights into how to stimulate entrepreneurship at a time when today’s starts-ups could be the boost the economy needs to get out of the crisis.
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Brian T. McCann, Govert Vroom
You would think that the goals of family-owned businesses and other owner-managed enterprises would be perfectly aligned with profit maximization. However, in their paper, Brian T. McCann and Govert Vroom find that the competitive nature of professionally managed firms implies that their interests are better aligned with profit maximization. This, the authors claim, is due to the fact that owner-managers pursue non-pecuniary objectives in addition to profit maximization.
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Alexander Peter Groh, Heinrich Liechtenstein
It is a simple fact that VC-backed firms have more leverage to innovate and create more employment and growth than their peers. A strong capital flow is the cornerstone of any entrepreneurial endeavor in modern economics. Understanding this, this paper examines the criteria for investing in VC funds and determines the importance of why investors select certain funds. (Video available).
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