Risk Appraisal and Venture Capital in High Technology New Ventures

by Gavin Reid and Julia A. Smith

This book is a 'crossover' treatment of quantitative and qualitative risk analysis within the setting of new high technology ventures in the UK. Reid and Smith have based their research on extensive fieldwork in patent-intensive, high-technology firms. This has included face-to-face interviews with leading investors, and is illustrated by two chapters of case studies. Their aim is to advance the understanding of methods of risk assessment and to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415595541
• ISBN13: 9780415595544
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages