Edited by Hans Landström, Professor Emeritus in Business Administration, Lund University, Sweden and Colin Mason, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, UK

• Contents:PrefacePART I: INTRODUCTION: VENTURE CAPITAL MARKETS1. IntroductionColin Mason and Hans Landström2. The Changing Nature of the Angel MarketJeffrey SohlPART II: VENTURE CAPITAL: GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES3. Institutional Investment in Private EquitySofia A. Johan4. Venture Capital Financial Contracting: An Overview of the International Evidence Douglas CummingPART III: VENTURE CAPITAL: PERFORMANCE5. Venture Capital Firms: A Human Capital PerspectiveDirk De Clercq and Dimo Dimov6. The Economic Impact of Venture Capital Annaleena Parhankangas7. Venture Capitalists as Smart InvestorsRoger SørheimPART IV: VENTURE CAPITAL: REGIONAL ASPECTS8. The Geographic Organization of ‘Venture Capital’ and ‘Business Angels’Sofia Avdeitchikova9. Global Venture Capital ‘Hotspots’: IsraelGil Avnimelech and Shai Harel10. Global Venture Capital ‘Hotspots’: ChinaHaitian Lu and Yi Tan11. Global Venture Capital ‘Hotspots’: Developing CountriesDavid LingelbachPART V: VENTURE CAPITAL: THE FUTURE12. Venture Capital Research: The Road AheadHans Landström and Colin MasonIndex

’The second edition of the Handbook of Research on Venture Capital provides an important guidepost for venture capital researchers. As Landstrom and Mason point out, the nature of venture capital has changed dramatically over the last 10 years. The asset class as a whole has failed to return principal and the old model is under tremendous strain. The contributors nicely highlight many of these changes, especially how venture capital has scaled beyond the US. For those of us active in venture capital research, the chapters raise many interesting research questions that deserve further attention.’