The growth of venture capital : a cross-cultural comparison / edited by Dilek Çetindamar.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Venture capital and the innovation process / Jesper Lindgaard Christensen -- Angel networks for the twenty-first century : an examination of practices of leading networks in Europe and the United States / Julian Lange, Benoît Leleux, and Bernard Surlemont -- The role of venture capitalists in going-private transactions / Arman Kösedağ -- The determinants of venture capital funding : evidence across countries / Leslie Ann Jeng and Philippe C. Wells -- The Swedish venture capital industry--an infant, adolescent, or grown-up? / Dilek Çetindamar and Staffan Jacobsson -- The rise, fall, and possible sustainable revitalization of the Danish venture capital market / Jesper Lindgaard Christensen -- Venture capital in Canada : a maturing industry, with distinctive features and new challenges / Charles H. Davis -- Israel's venture capital industry : emergence, operation, and impact / Gil Avnimelech and Morris Teubal -- Fostering innovation financing in developing countries : the case of Turkey / Dilek Çetindamar -- The role of venture capital financing for young bioscience firms / Annika Rickne.