Edited by Jonas Gabrielsson, Professor of Business Administration, School of Business, Innovation and Sustainability, Halmstad University, Sweden

• Contents:PART I CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS A RESEARCH FIELD 1. Corporate governance and entrepreneurship: Current states and future directionsJonas Gabrielsson2. Governance theory: Origins and implications for researching boards and governance in entrepreneurial firmsJonas Gabrielsson and Morten HusePART II CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN START-UPS AND EARLY STAGE VENTURES3. Advisory boards in entrepreneurial companiesEythor Ivar Johnson4. Top management team organization of high-tech venture firms: Structural arrangements and their potential consequencesTill Talaulicar5. Research on board of directors in high-tech start-ups: An assessment and suggestions for future researchEkaterina S. Bjornali6. Corporate governance in early stage high tech ventures: The impact of top management team and outside board human capital on innovation speedElien Vandenbroucke and Mirjam Knockaert7. The effects of private equity investors on the governance of companiesStefano Bonini and Vincenzo CapizziPART III CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN SMEs8. Corporate governance practices in smaller privately held businesses – insights from the Rhine Valley regionSusanne Durst and Julia Brunold9. Alliance governance in entrepreneurial firms: The influence of family control and organizational sizeDaniel Pittino, Franscesca Visintin and Paola A.M. Mazzurana 10. Corporate governance and innovation in small entrepreneurial firms: The board chairperson’s role Daniel Yar Hamidi and Jonas GabrielssonPART IV CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN FAST GROWING FIRMS AND IPOs11. An engagement theory of governance: The dynamics of governance structures in high growth, high potential firmsTeresa Nelson and Huseyin Leblebici12. Founder status and defensive mechanisms at IPO: Evidence from French firmsAsma Fattoum-Guedri and Frédéric Delmar13. Corporate governance and accounting in small growing firms: A comparison of financial reporting and cost of debt across Gazelles and Non-GazellesMarita Blomkvist and Mari PaananenPART V CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND CORPORATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP14. Corporate governance and corporate entrepreneurship in different organisational formsElin Smith and Sven-Olof Collin15. Corporate entrepreneurship in a large company - skunk works or guided evolution?Seppo Laukkanen, Martin Lindell and Anssi VaniokiIndex

Edited by Jonas Gabrielsson, Professor of Business Administration, School of Business, Innovation and Sustainability, Halmstad University, Sweden

• Contents:PART I CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS A RESEARCH FIELD 1. Corporate governance and entrepreneurship: Current states and future directionsJonas Gabrielsson2. Governance theory: Origins and implications for researching boards and governance in entrepreneurial firmsJonas Gabrielsson and Morten HusePART II CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN START-UPS AND EARLY STAGE VENTURES3. Advisory boards in entrepreneurial companiesEythor Ivar Johnson4. Top management team organization of high-tech venture firms: Structural arrangements and their potential consequencesTill Talaulicar5. Research on board of directors in high-tech start-ups: An assessment and suggestions for future researchEkaterina S. Bjornali6. Corporate governance in early stage high tech ventures: The impact of top management team and outside board human capital on innovation speedElien Vandenbroucke and Mirjam Knockaert7. The effects of private equity investors on the governance of companiesStefano Bonini and Vincenzo CapizziPART III CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN SMEs8. Corporate governance practices in smaller privately held businesses – insights from the Rhine Valley regionSusanne Durst and Julia Brunold9. Alliance governance in entrepreneurial firms: The influence of family control and organizational sizeDaniel Pittino, Franscesca Visintin and Paola A.M. Mazzurana 10. Corporate governance and innovation in small entrepreneurial firms: The board chairperson’s role Daniel Yar Hamidi and Jonas GabrielssonPART IV CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN FAST GROWING FIRMS AND IPOs11. An engagement theory of governance: The dynamics of governance structures in high growth, high potential firmsTeresa Nelson and Huseyin Leblebici12. Founder status and defensive mechanisms at IPO: Evidence from French firmsAsma Fattoum-Guedri and Frédéric Delmar13. Corporate governance and accounting in small growing firms: A comparison of financial reporting and cost of debt across Gazelles and Non-GazellesMarita Blomkvist and Mari PaananenPART V CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND CORPORATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP14. Corporate governance and corporate entrepreneurship in different organisational formsElin Smith and Sven-Olof Collin15. Corporate entrepreneurship in a large company - skunk works or guided evolution?Seppo Laukkanen, Martin Lindell and Anssi VaniokiIndex

Edited by Jonas Gabrielsson, Professor of Business Administration, School of Business, Innovation and Sustainability, Halmstad University, Sweden

• Contents:PART I CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS A RESEARCH FIELD 1. Corporate governance and entrepreneurship: Current states and future directionsJonas Gabrielsson2. Governance theory: Origins and implications for researching boards and governance in entrepreneurial firmsJonas Gabrielsson and Morten HusePART II CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN START-UPS AND EARLY STAGE VENTURES3. Advisory boards in entrepreneurial companiesEythor Ivar Johnson4. Top management team organization of high-tech venture firms: Structural arrangements and their potential consequencesTill Talaulicar5. Research on board of directors in high-tech start-ups: An assessment and suggestions for future researchEkaterina S. Bjornali6. Corporate governance in early stage high tech ventures: The impact of top management team and outside board human capital on innovation speedElien Vandenbroucke and Mirjam Knockaert7. The effects of private equity investors on the governance of companiesStefano Bonini and Vincenzo CapizziPART III CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN SMEs8. Corporate governance practices in smaller privately held businesses – insights from the Rhine Valley regionSusanne Durst and Julia Brunold9. Alliance governance in entrepreneurial firms: The influence of family control and organizational sizeDaniel Pittino, Franscesca Visintin and Paola A.M. Mazzurana 10. Corporate governance and innovation in small entrepreneurial firms: The board chairperson’s role Daniel Yar Hamidi and Jonas GabrielssonPART IV CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN FAST GROWING FIRMS AND IPOs11. An engagement theory of governance: The dynamics of governance structures in high growth, high potential firmsTeresa Nelson and Huseyin Leblebici12. Founder status and defensive mechanisms at IPO: Evidence from French firmsAsma Fattoum-Guedri and Frédéric Delmar13. Corporate governance and accounting in small growing firms: A comparison of financial reporting and cost of debt across Gazelles and Non-GazellesMarita Blomkvist and Mari PaananenPART V CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND CORPORATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP14. Corporate governance and corporate entrepreneurship in different organisational formsElin Smith and Sven-Olof Collin15. Corporate entrepreneurship in a large company - skunk works or guided evolution?Seppo Laukkanen, Martin Lindell and Anssi VaniokiIndex