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Working Papers

2008

1. Agency and similarity effects and the VC's attitude towards academic spin-out investing
   Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School Working Paper Series, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School
2. Agency, strategic entrepreneurship and the performance of private equity backed buyouts
   Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School Working Paper Series, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School View citations
3. The Technology Endowments of Spin-off Companies
   Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

2007

4. Exploring the Boundary between Entrepreneurship and Corporate Venturing: From Assisted Spin-outs to Entrepreneurial Spin-offs
   Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

2006

5. Entrepreneurial Entry, Exit and Re-Entry: The Extent and Nature of Opportunity Identification
   Papers on Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy Group
6. Human capital and the internationalization of venture capital firms
   Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School Working Paper Series, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School
   Also in Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (2006)
7. Leveraged buyouts in the U.K. and continental Europe: retrospect and prospect
   Discussion Paper, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research View citations
8. Transaction costs, behavioral uncertainty and the formation of interfirm cooperations: Syndication in the UK private equity market
   Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
9. WORKING WITH UNFAMILIAR PARTNERS: RELATIONAL EMBEDDEDNESS AND PARTNER SELECTION IN INTER-FIRM COLLABORATIONS
   Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

2005

10. Do human capital and fund characteristics drive follow-up behaviour of early stage high tech VCs?
    Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration View citations
    Also in Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School Working Paper Series, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School (2005) View citations
11. Entrepreneurship in the Netherlands; SMEs and International co-operation
    Scales Research Reports, EIM Business and Policy Research
12. Leveraged public to private transactions in the UK
    Discussion Paper, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research View citations
    Also in Discussion Paper, Tilburg University, Tilburg Law and Economic Center (2005) View citations

2004

13. Assessing the Relative Performance of U.K. University Technology Transfer Offices: Parametric and Non-Parametric Evidence
    Rensselaer Working Papers in Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Department of Economics View citations
    See also Journal Article in Research Policy (2005)
14. SPINNING OUT NEW VENTURES: A TYPOLOGY OF INCUBATION STRATEGIES FROM EUROPEAN RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
    Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Business Venturing (2005)
15. WHY DO VENTURE CAPITAL COMPANIES SYNDICATE?
    Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration View citations

2003

16. Assessing the Impact of Management Buyouts on Economic Efficiency: Plant-Level Evidence from the United Kingdom
    Rensselaer Working Papers in Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Department of Economics View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (2005)

2002

17. Determinants of required return in venture capital investments:A five country study
    Working Papers FARGO, Université de Bourgogne - Latec/Fargo (Research center in Finance,organizational ARchitecture and GOvernance) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Business Venturing (2002)
18. Why do European Venture Capital Companies syndicate?
    Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School Working Paper Series, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School View citations

1999

19. Venture capitalists, investment appraisal and accounting information: a comparative study of the US, UK, France, Belgium and Holland
    Working Papers FARGO, Université de Bourgogne - Latec/Fargo (Research center in Finance,organizational ARchitecture and GOvernance) View citations

Journal Articles

2009

1. Funding incentives, collaborative dynamics and scientific productivity: Evidence from the EU framework program
   Research Policy, 2009, 38, (2), 293-305 View citations
2. So, Farewell Then . . . Reflections on Editing the "Journal of Management Studies"
   Journal of Management Studies, 2009, 46, (1), 1-9
3. The extent and nature of opportunity identification by experienced entrepreneurs
   Journal of Business Venturing, 2009, 24, (2), 99-115

2008

4. ASSESSING THE RELATIVE PERFORMANCE OF UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IN THE US AND UK: A STOCHASTIC DISTANCE FUNCTION APPROACH
   Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2008, 17, (7-8), 717-729 View citations
5. Mid-range universities' linkages with industry: Knowledge types and the role of intermediaries
   Research Policy, 2008, 37, (8), 1205-1223 View citations
6. Opportunity Identification and Pursuit: Does an Entrepreneur’s Human Capital Matter?
   Small Business Economics, 2008, 30, (2), 153-173 View citations
7. Public-to-private buy-outs, distress costs and private equity
   Applied Financial Economics, 2008, 18, (10), 801-819
8. Research and Technology Commercialization
   Journal of Management Studies, 2008, 45, (8), 1401-1423 View citations
9. The export intensity of venture capital backed companies
   Small Business Economics, 2008, 31, (1), 39-58

2007

10. Academic spin-offs, formal technology transfer and capital raising
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2007, 16, (4), 609-640 View citations
11. Executive Remuneration and Corporate Divestment: Motivating Managers to Make Unpalatable Decisions
    Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 2007-06, 34, (5-6), 792-818
12. Information Sharing, Price Negotiation and Management Buy-outs of Private Family-owned Firms
    Small Business Economics, 2007, 29, (3), 329-349 View citations
13. Intellectual property: the assessment
    Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2007, 23, (4), 529-540 View citations
14. Private Firms and Corporate Governance: An Integrated Economic and Management Perspective
    Small Business Economics, 2007, 29, (3), 225-241
15. Private equity, leveraged buyouts and governance
    Journal of Corporate Finance, 2007, 13, (4), 439-460 View citations
16. Reviewing Journal Rankings and Revisiting Peer Reviews: Editorial Perspectives
    Journal of Management Studies, 2007, 44, (4), 612-621 View citations
17. Technology transfer offices and commercialization of university intellectual property: performance and policy implications
    Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2007, 23, (4), 640-660 View citations
18. The impact of corporate governance mechanisms on value increase in leveraged buyouts
    Journal of Corporate Finance, 2007, 13, (4), 511-537 View citations
19. The rise of entrepreneurial activity at universities: organizational and societal implications
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2007, 16, (4), 489-504 View citations
20. Venture Capitalists, Business Angels, and Performance of Entrepreneurial IPOs in the UK and France
    Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 2007-04, 34, (3-4), 505-528 View citations
21. Venture capital in China: A view from Europe
    Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 2007, 24, (3), 269-281 View citations
22. Why do public firms go private in the UK? The impact of private equity investors, incentive realignment and undervaluation
    Journal of Corporate Finance, 2007, 13, (4), 591-628 View citations

2006

23. Conceptualising the heterogeneity of research-based spin-offs: A multi-dimensional taxonomy
    Research Policy, 2006, 35, (2), 289-308 View citations
24. On the Review Process and Journal Development
    Journal of Management Studies, 2006, 43, (3), 655-664
25. University spin-out companies and venture capital
    Research Policy, 2006, 35, (4), 481-501 View citations
26. Venture Capitalists, Syndication and Governance in Initial Public Offerings
    Small Business Economics, 2006, 26, (4), 337-350

2005

27. Assessing the Impact of Management Buyouts on Economic Efficiency: Plant-Level Evidence from the United Kingdom
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2005, 87, (1), 148-153 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2003)
28. Assessing the relative performance of U.K. university technology transfer offices: parametric and non-parametric evidence
    Research Policy, 2005, 34, (3), 369-384 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2004)
29. Edith Penrose's contribution to economics and strategy: an overview
    Managerial and Decision Economics, 2005, 26, (2), 57-66
30. Incentive Effects, Monitoring Mechanisms and the Market for Corporate Control: An Analysis of the Factors Affecting Public to Private Transactions in the UK
    Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 2005-06, 32, (5-6), 909-943 View citations
31. Novice, Serial and Portfolio Entrepreneur Behaviour and Contributions
    Small Business Economics, 2005, 25, (2), 109-132 View citations
32. Performance of Private to Public MBOs: The Role of Venture Capital
    Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 2005-04, 32, (3-4), 643-682 View citations
33. Resources, capabilities, risk capital and the creation of university spin-out companies
    Research Policy, 2005, 34, (7), 1043-1057 View citations
34. Science parks and incubators: observations, synthesis and future research
    Journal of Business Venturing, 2005, 20, (2), 165-182 View citations
35. Spinning out new ventures: a typology of incubation strategies from European research institutions
    Journal of Business Venturing, 2005, 20, (2), 183-216 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2004)
36. The creation of spin-off firms at public research institutions: Managerial and policy implications
    Research Policy, 2005, 34, (7), 981-993 View citations
37. Undervaluation, private information, agency costs and the decision to go private
    Applied Financial Economics, 2005, 15, (13), 947-961 View citations

2004

38. Buyouts, information asymmetry and the family management dyad
    Journal of Business Venturing, 2004, 19, (4), 509-534 View citations
39. Critical junctures in the development of university high-tech spinout companies
    Research Policy, 2004, 33, (1), 147-175 View citations
40. Entrepreneurship and University Technology Transfer
    The Journal of Technology Transfer, 2004, 29, (3_4), 235-246 View citations
41. Management Buyouts and Human Resource Management
    British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2004, 42, (2), 325-347
42. Policy toward novice, serial, and portfolio entrepreneurs
    Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 2004, 22, (6), 779-798 View citations
43. The Formation of High-Tech University Spinouts: The Role of Joint Ventures and Venture Capital Investors
    The Journal of Technology Transfer, 2004, 29, (3_4), 287-310 View citations
44. Venture Capital Investors, Capital Markets, Valuation and Information: US, Europe and Asia
    Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 2004, 2, (4), 305-326 View citations

2003

45. Assessing the impact of university science parks on research productivity: exploratory firm-level evidence from the United Kingdom
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2003, 21, (9), 1357-1369 View citations
46. Differences Between Private Firms Owned by Novice, Serial and Portfolio Entrepreneurs: Implications for Policy Makers and Practitioners
    Regional Studies, 2003, 37, (2), 187-200 View citations
47. Insider ownership, human resource strategies and performance in a transition economy
    Journal of International Business Studies, 2003, 34, (6), 530-549
48. Science Parks and the Performance of New Technology-Based Firms: A Review of Recent U.K. Evidence and an Agenda for Future Research
    Small Business Economics, 2003, 20, (2), 177-84 View citations
49. Technology Transfer and Universities' Spin-Out Strategies
    Small Business Economics, 2003, 20, (2), 185-200 View citations
50. The determinants of corporate divestment: evidence from a panel of UK firms
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2003, 52, (1), 147-166 View citations

2002

51. Determinants of required return in venture capital investments: a five-country study
    Journal of Business Venturing, 2002, 17, (4), 291-312 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2002)
52. Do UK venture capitalists still have a bias against investment in new technology firms
    Research Policy, 2002, 31, (6), 1009-1030 View citations
53. International market selection strategies selected by [`]micro' and [`]small' firms
    Omega, 2002, 30, (1), 51-68 View citations
54. Internationalization of Western Venture Capitalists into Emerging Markets: Risk Assessment and Information in India
    Small Business Economics, 2002, 19, (1), 13-29 View citations
55. The Impact of Divestment on Firm Performance: Empirical Evidence from a Panel of UK Companies
    Journal of Industrial Economics, 2002, 50, (2), 173-96 View citations

2001

56. Academic and Surrogate Entrepreneurs in University Spin-Out Companies
    The Journal of Technology Transfer, 2001, 26, (1-2), 127-41 View citations
57. Effects of Post-Privatization Governance and Strategies on Export Intensity in the Former Soviet Union
    Journal of International Business Studies, 2001, 32, (4), 853-871 View citations
58. The internationalization of new and small firms: A resource-based view
    Journal of Business Venturing, 2001, 16, (4), 333-358 View citations
59. The syndication of venture capital investments
    Omega, 2001, 29, (5), 375-390 View citations

2000

60. Exporting Activity in Transitional Economies: An Enterprise-Level Study
    The Journal of Development Studies, 2000, 37, (2), 44-66
61. The determinants of corporate divestment in the UK
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2000, 18, (8), 1201-1222 View citations

1999

62. "Discussion" of Hungarian Privatisation Strategy and Financial Performance of Privatised Companies
    Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 1999-11, 26, (9-10), 1359-1368
63. Corporate Governance and Employee Ownership in an Economic Crisis: Enterprise Strategies in the Former USSR
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1999, 27, (3), 459-474 View citations
64. Corporate Governance in the Former Soviet Union
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1999, 27, (3), 395-397 View citations
65. Corporate Governance in the Former Soviet Union: An Overview
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1999, 27, (3), 398-421 View citations
66. Corporate entrepreneurs and privatized firms in russia, ukraine, and belarus
    Journal of Business Venturing, 1999, 14, (5-6), 475-492
67. Exporting and Restructuring in Privatised Firms from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus
    The World Economy, 1999, 22, (7), 1013-1037
68. Insider-Controlled Firms in Russia
    Economic Change and Restructuring, 1999, 32, (2), 129-51
    Also in Economic Change and Restructuring, 1999, 32, (2), 129-151 (1999) View citations
69. Privatization, insider control and managerial entrenchment in Russia
    The Economics of Transition, 1999, 7, (2), 481-504 View citations
70. Transition and Active Investors: Venture Capital in Hungary, Poland and Slovakia
    Post-Communist Economies, 1999, 11, (1), 27-46 View citations

1998

71. Corporate Governance, Accountability and Enterprise
    Corporate Governance: An International Review, 1998, 6, (3), 151-165 View citations
72. Novice, portfolio, and serial founders: are they different?
    Journal of Business Venturing, 1998, 13, (3), 173-204 View citations
73. Venture Capital and Private Equity: A Review and Synthesis
    Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 1998-06, 25, (5&6), 521-570 View citations

1997

74. "Discussion of" Agency, Bid Resistance and the Market for Corporate Control
    Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 1997-09, 24, (7&8), 1067-1074
75. Venture capitalists and serial entrepreneurs
    Journal of Business Venturing, 1997, 12, (3), 227-249 View citations

1996

76. Buy-ins, Buy-outs, Active Investors and Corporate Governance
    Corporate Governance: An International Review, 1996, 4, (4), 222-234

1995

77. Corporate Governance: The Role of Restructuring Transactions
    Economic Journal, 1995, 105, (430), 690-703 View citations

1994

78. Policy Review Section
    Regional Studies, 1994, 28, (3), 319-330
79. Privatizing British coal an evolving policy problem
    Energy Policy, 1994, 22, (1), 57-67

1993

80. Management buy-outs from receivership
    Omega, 1993, 21, (5), 519-529 View citations

1992

81. Buy-Outs, Divestment, and Leverage: Restructuring Transactions and Corporate Governance
    Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 1992, 8, (3), 58-69 View citations
82. Management Equity Ownership, Debt and Performance: Some Evidence from UK Management Buyouts
    Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 1992, 39, (4), 413-30 View citations
83. Management buy-ins in the UK
    Omega, 1992, 20, (4), 445-456 View citations
84. Venture capital and management-led, leveraged buy-outs: A European perspective
    Journal of Business Venturing, 1992, 7, (1), 47-71 View citations

1990

85. Management buy-outs from the public sector: ownership form and incentive issues
    Fiscal Studies, 1990, 11, (3), 71-88

1989

86. Bonding, Agency Costs and Management Buyouts: A Note
    Bulletin of Economic Research, 1989, 41, (1), 69-75

1987

87. Government divestments and the regulation of natural monopolies in the UK: The case of British gas
    Energy Policy, 1987, 15, (3), 193-216 View citations

1986

88. Buy-outs and the privatisation of National Bus
    Fiscal Studies, 1986, 7, (3), 1-24

1985

89. Coordination of metal movement at a pipe spinning plant: Concepts and the computerised system
    Engineering Costs and Production Economics, 1985, 9, (1-3), 65-71

Editor

1. Journal of Management Studies
   Blackwell Publishing
2. The Journal of Technology Transfer
   Springer