Venture Capital and New Technology Based Firms

1 Introduction.- 1.1 Objectives and the Scope of the Study.- 1.2 Issues, Research Questions and the Study Concept.- 2 Venture Capital Markets, New Technology Based Firms and Financial Systems: Definitions and an Overview of the US and German Experiences.- 2.1 Venture Capital: the Process and Investors.- 2.2 New Technology Based Firms.- 2.3 The Capital Market Segments in the US and Germany.- 3 Framework Conditions for Venture Capital: Results of the Literature Review.- 3.1 Development of the Venture Capital Markets - a Historical Overview.- 3.2 The Markets Today.- 3.3 Framework Conditions and Development Determinants.- 3.4 Public Policy.- 3.5 Specific Conclusions of the Literature Review.- 4 Ten Case Studies of Venture-backed Firms and their Investment Companies.- 4.1 Methodological Preliminaries.- 4.2 The US Studies.- 4.3 The German Studies.- 4.4 Specific Conclusions and Synopsis of the Empirical Evidence.- 5 Summary and Overall Conclusions.- 6 References.