Venture Capital Deformation

Darek Klonowski is Professor of Business Administration at Brandon University, Canada. Prior to joining academia, he worked in the venture capital and private equity industry. He has published three books with Palgrave Macmillan: The Venture Capital Investment Process (2010), Private Equity in Poland (2011), and Private Equity in Emerging Markets (2012).

• 1. Venture Capital: A Closer Look behind the Curtain.- 2. Maturation, Segmentation, and Competition in the Venture Capital Industry.- 3. Fund Formation: Structural and Operational Deformations in Venture Capital.- 4. Deal Generation: Optimal Modes of Entrepreneurial Value Creation.- 5. Screening and Evaluation: Misguided Investigation of Entrepreneurial Firms.- 6. Deal Completion: Inequitable Agreements in Venture Capital Contracting.- 7. Monitoring: The Venture Capital Barren Toolbox for Entrepreneurial Activity.- 8. Exiting: Distressed Value Realization in Venture Capital.- 9. Venture Capital: “Subprime” Returns and the Value Chain Analysis.- 10. Improving the Substandard Venture Capital Model.