Angels, Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship

C Gopinath and Navendu Vasavada

Chapter 9 in The Knowledge Economy in India, 2003, pp 163-177 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Economists have traditionally considered four factors of production: land, labour, capital and entrepreneurship. The entrepreneur was the idea generator and the risk-taker who combined the other three factors in creating an enterprise. Apart from own-funds, the entrepreneur’s ability to raise funds from outside is crucial in bringing the idea to fruition and this is where the role of the venture capitalist (VC) comes in. The specialized nature of the activity of funding entrepreneurs has resulted in three sources of funding:

Keywords: Venture Capitalist; Mutual Fund; Initial Public Offering; Market Valuation; Idea Originator (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230512986_10

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