ABSTRACT
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 chapt
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
PART I Conceptual framework
chapter |15 pages
Background
chapter |17 pages
Risk and uncertainty
part |2 pages
PART II Sampling and evidence
chapter |15 pages
Sampling, fieldwork and instrumentation
chapter |13 pages
Venture capitalists’ and entrepreneurs’ conduct
part |2 pages
PART III Statistical analysis
chapter |12 pages
Investor and entrepreneur: Statistical analysis
chapter |18 pages
Risk appraisal by investors
part |2 pages
PART IV Case study analysis
chapter |13 pages
Case study analysis of risk appraisal by entrepreneurs
chapter |17 pages
Further illustrative case studies
part |2 pages
PART V Reporting and investment
chapter |15 pages
Reporting, risk and intangibles
chapter |9 pages
Behavioural variables and investment
part |2 pages
PART VI Concluding material