Assessing the efficacy and standardization potential of five competing venture capital investment evaluation approaches Mainprize, Brent and Hindle, Kevin 2005, Assessing the efficacy and standardization potential of five competing venture capital investment evaluation approaches, Journal of Private Equity, vol. 9, no. 1, Winter, pp. 6-21, doi: 10.3905/jpe.2005.605367. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Assessing the efficacy and standardization potential of five competing venture capital investment evaluation approaches Author(s) Mainprize, Brent Hindle, Kevin Journal name Journal of Private Equity Volume number 9 Issue number 1 Season Winter Start page 6 End page 21 Publisher Institutional Investor, Inc. Journals Group Place of publication New York, N. Y. Publication date 2005 ISSN 1096-5572 Summary The research objective behind this article was to perform a critical evaluation and comparison of five representative business plan evaluation aids (BPEAs) to facilitate constructive discussion of the proposition that greater standardization of venture capital decision-making might be both desirable and possible. The five BPEAs were systematically compared using a structured, taxonomic process. The evidence of this investigation suggests a clear superiority of BPEAs that are based on the researched attributes of successful ventures and use actuarial modeling. Discussion centered on the importance of using BPEAs in a quest for greater consistency during venture capital investment decision-making. Language eng DOI 10.3905/jpe.2005.605367 Field of Research 150205 Investment and Risk Management HERDC Research category C3.1 Non-refereed articles in a professional journal Copyright notice ©2005, Institutional Investor, Inc. Journals Group Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30022003 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Business and Law School of Management and Marketing Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 18 Jan 2010, 11:03:06 EST Wed, 24 Feb 2010, 04:01:46 EST Wed, 24 Feb 2010, 04:45:49 EST Tue, 02 Nov 2010, 15:17:55 EST Fri, 19 Nov 2010, 09:03:37 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 3 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 534 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 18 Jan 2010, 11:03:06 EST

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