Browsing Articles by Author "Sapienza, Harry J."
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How does angel investor-entrepreneur conflict affect venture innovation? It dependsThis study examines how angel investor–entrepreneur task conflicts are related to portfolio company innovativeness and how this relationship is moderated by the level of agreement on priorities, diversity of entrepreneurial experience, and the level of communication. Using survey data gathered from 54 teams of angels and entrepreneurs in Belgium and the United States, we show that the negative relationship between task conflict and innovativeness is more severe when the teams have lower levels of agreement on priorities, when there is less diversity of experience in the team, and when the teams communicate more frequently.
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Venture capitalist governance and value-added in four countriesThe rapid internationalization of markets for venture capital is expanding the funding alternatives available to entrepreneurs. At issue for both entrepreneurs and venture capital firms is how and when venture capitalists (VC) can provide meaningful oversight and add value to their portfolio companies beyond the provision of capital. An important way VCs add value beyond the money they provide is through their close relationships with the managers of their portfolio companies. Utilizing surveys of VCs in the US, the UK, the Netherlands, and France, the determinants of interaction between VCs and CEOs, the roles VCs assume, and VCs' perceptions of how much value they add through these roles are examined. The strategic, interpersonal, and networking roles through which VCs are involved in their portfolio companies are examined, and the success of such efforts are analyzed. VCs saw strategic involvement as their most important role.