 The venture capitalist-entrepreneur relationship: Control, trust and confidence in co-operative behaviourDean A. Shepherd and Andrew Zacharakis Venture Capital, 2001, vol. 3, issue 2, 129-149 Abstract: This article acknowledges the importance of achieving confidence in partner co-operation within the venture capitalist (VC)-entrepreneur relationship. The entrepreneur and the VC need to balance the level of control and trust building mechanisms so that the optimal level of confidence in partner co-operation can be achieved. The study proposes that the entrepreneur can build trust with the VC (and vice versa) by signaling commitment and consistency, being fair and just, obtaining a good fit with one's partner, and with frequent and open communication. Open and frequent communication acts as a catalyst for the other trust building mechanisms. This theoretical framework acts as a counter weight to most previous studies on the VC-entrepreneur relationship that have emphasized control mechanisms in order to build partner co-operation without sufficient consideration of how this might effect trust and how trust and control jointly effect confidence in partner cooperation. Date: 2001 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:veecee:v:3:y:2001:i:2:p:129-149 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1080/13691060110042763 Access Statistics for this article Venture Capital is currently edited by Colin Mason and Richard T. Harrison More articles in Venture Capital from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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