Journal of Business Venturing

1985 - 2025

Current editor(s): S. Venkataraman

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Volume 3, issue 4, 1988

Editorial pp. 259-259

Ian C. Macmillan

The effect of firm formation and growth on job creation in the United States pp. 261-272

Bruce A. Kirchhoff and Bruce D. Phillips

Legal issues in new venture development pp. 273-286

Catherine A. Brown, Carmen H. Colborne and W. Ed McMullan

Financial performance patterns of new corporate ventures: an alternative to traditional measures pp. 287-300

Alex Miller, Bob Wilson and Mel Adams

Venture capital and high technology entrepreneurship pp. 301-319

Richard Florida and Martin Kenney

Volume 3, issue 3, 1988

Industrial survival via management technology pp. 171-185

D. Bruce Merrifield

Publicly traded venture capital funds: implications for institutional "fund of funds" investors pp. 187-206

David J. Brophy and Mark W. Guthner

Venture capital investing for corporate development objectives pp. 207-222

Terry E. Winters and Donald L. Murfin

Decision making behavior in smaller entrepreneurial and larger professionally managed firms pp. 223-232

Ken G. Smith, Martin J. Gannon, Curtis Grimm and Terence R. Mitchell

Corporate venture capitalists: Autonomy, obstacles, and performance pp. 233-247

Robin Siegel, Eric Siegel and Ian C. MacMillan

Bank loan officers' perceptions of the characteristics of men, women, and successful entrepreneurs pp. 249-258

E. Holly Buttner and Benson Rosen

Volume 3, issue 2, 1988

Entrepreneurship researchers and research entrepreneurs: Problems in the equitable sharing of research data pp. 89-95

Jerome A. Katz

Entrepreneurs' perceived chances for success pp. 97-108

Arnold C. Cooper, Carolyn Y. Woo and William C. Dunkelberg

Variations in University entrepreneurship education: An empirical study of an evolving field pp. 109-122

Gerald E. Hills

Venture capital in Western Europe pp. 123-136

Tyzoon Tyebjee and Lister Vickery

The structure of the investment networks of venture capital firms pp. 137-157

William D. Bygrave

The board and strategy: Venture capital and high technology pp. 159-170

Joseph Rosenstein

Volume 3, issue 1, 1988

Entrepreneurial academics--How can we tell when the field is getting somewhere? pp. 1-10

Karl H. Vesper

Informal risk capital investors: Investment patterns on the East Coast of the U.S.A pp. 11-29

Nancy E. Haar, Jennifer Starr and Ian C. MacMillan

The Corridor Principle pp. 31-40

Robert Ronstadt

Constellations of firms and new ventures pp. 41-57

Gianni Lorenzoni and Oscar A. Ornati

The public shell: Vehicle for venture financing pp. 59-76

Alfred D. Morgan

The aftermarket performance of small firm initial public offerings pp. 77-87

John E. Young and Janis K. Zaima

Volume 2, issue 4, 1987

New business incubators pp. 277-284

D. Bruce Merrifield

Growth pattern of academic entrepreneurial firms pp. 285-297

Jerome Doutriaux

The informal venture capital market: Aspects of scale and market efficiency pp. 299-313

William Wetzel

New venture development: The costs and benefits of public sector assistance pp. 315-328

James J. Chrisman, Frank Hoy and Richard Robinson

Criteria for corporate venturing: Importance assigned by managers pp. 329-350

Wayne Desarbo, Ian C. Macmillan and Diana L. Day

Owners and managers: The venture 100 vs the fortune 500 pp. 351-363

Sue Birley and David Norburn

Marketing control and performance in early-growth companies pp. 365-379

David A. Boag

Volume 2, issue 3, 1987

Business ethics and the entrepreneur pp. 185-191

Russell L. Ackoff

Assessing venture capital investments with noncompensatory behavioral decision models pp. 193-205

Arshad M. Khan

The role of venture capital in financing small business pp. 207-214

John Maier and David A. Walker

Start-up ventures: Towards the prediction of initial success pp. 215-230

Robert Stuart and Pier A. Abetti

New firms: Societal contribution versus survival potential pp. 231-246

Paul D. Reynolds

The relationship between entrepreneurship and marketing in established firms pp. 247-259

Michael H. Morris and Gordon W. Paul

Entrepreneurship education in the nineties pp. 261-275

W. Ed Mcmullan and Wayne A. Long

Volume 2, issue 2, 1987

National policy and entrepreneurship: The statesman's dilemma pp. 95-101

Reuven Brenner

Venture capital in transition: A Monte-Carlo simulation of changes in investment patterns pp. 103-121

Howard H. Stevenson, Daniel F. Muzyka and Jeffry A. Timmons

Criteria distinguishing successful from unsuccessful ventures in the venture screening process pp. 123-137

Ian C. Macmillan, Lauriann Zemann and P. N. Subbanarasimha

Syndicated investments by venture capital firms: A networking perspective pp. 139-154

William D. Bygrave

New ventures and employment growth pp. 155-165

Sue Birley

A venture capital model of the development process for new ventures pp. 167-184

John C. Ruhnka and John E. Young

Volume 2, issue 1, 1987

Shoestring financing of great enterprises pp. 1-3

Royal Little

Improving new venture performance: The role of strategy, industry structure, and the entrepreneur pp. 5-28

William R. Sandberg and Charles W. Hofer

Corporate ventures into industrial markets: Dynamics of aggressive entry pp. 29-39

Ian C. MacMillan and Diana L. Day

Compensating corporate venture managers pp. 41-51

Zenas Block and Oscar A. Ornati

Emerging strategies in the venture capital industry pp. 53-77

Richard Robinson

Psychological characteristics associated with performence in entrepreneurial firms and smaller businesses pp. 79-93

Thomas M. Begley and David P. Boyd

Volume 1, issue 3, 1986

Comments from the editors pp. 245-246

Ian MacMillan, Denise Amoroso and Eric MacMillan

Strategies of high performing new and small firms: A reexamination of the niche concept pp. 247-260

Arnold C. Cooper, Gary E. Willard and Carolyn Y. Woo

Top management teams and corporate success in an emerging industry pp. 261-274

Beverly Virany and Michael L. Tushman

The anatomy of a corporate venturing program: Factors influencing success pp. 275-293

Hollister B. Sykes

Linking prefunding factors and high-technology venture success: An exploratory study pp. 295-306

Juan B. Roure and Modesto A. Maidique

Establishing a new business venture unit within a firm pp. 307-322

Robert D. Hisrich and Michael P. Peters

Exit, stage left why entrepreneurs end their entrepreneurial careers before retirement pp. 323-338

Robert Ronstadt

Volume 1, issue 2, 1986

Entrepreneurship and a century of growth pp. 141-145

William Baumol

Comments from the editors pp. 147-148

Ian MacMillan, Lauriann Zemann and Denise Amoroso

The project-management approach in the "systematic management" of innovative start-up firms pp. 149-160

Burton V. Dean

Venture capital's role in financing innovation for economic growth pp. 161-176

Jeffry A. Timmons and William D. Bygrave

Corporate venturing: alternatives, obstacles encountered, and experience effects pp. 177-191

Ian C. Macmillan, Zenas Block and P. N. Subba Narasimha

Bank lending to new and growing enterprises pp. 193-206

Neil C. Churchill and Virginia L. Lewis

Product life-cycle considerations and the nature of strategic activities in entrepreneurial firms pp. 207-224

Richard Robinson and John Pearce

Assessing economic value added by university-based new-venture outreach programs pp. 225-240

W. Ed McMullan, Wayne A. Long and James B. Graham

Volume 1, issue 1, 1985

Why this is an entrepreneurial age pp. 1-4

Ronald Reagan

Comments from the editors pp. 5-5

Ian C. MacMillan, Lauriann Zemann and Denise Amoroso

Capital market myopia pp. 7-30

William A. Sahlman and Howard H. Stevenson

Stumblers and stars in the management of rapid growth pp. 31-45

Donald C. Hambrick and Lynn M. Crozier

Supporting innovation and venture development in established companies pp. 47-60

Rosabeth Kanter

The entrepreneur's search for capital pp. 61-74

Albert V. Bruno and Tyzoon T. Tyebjee

The role of incubator organizations in the founding of growth-oriented firms pp. 75-86

Arnold C. Cooper

Exploring determinants of success in corporate ventures pp. 87-105

Alex Miller and Bill Camp

The role of networks in the entrepreneurial process pp. 107-117

Sue Birley

Criteria used by venture capitalists to evaluate new venture proposals pp. 119-128

Ian C. Macmillan, Robin Siegel and P. N. Subba Narasimha

The entrepreneur: A capable executive and more pp. 129-140

Donald L. Sexton and Nancy Bowman