Advisory Boards in Startups : Investigating the Roles of Advisory Boards in German Technology-Based Startups.

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Main Author Weber, Eric
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, 2016.
Subjects
New business enterprises.
Advisory boards > Germany.
Germany.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface; I Contents; II List of figures; III List of tables; IV Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 The underlying problems of startups; 1.2 Motivation, goal and research questions; 1.3 Structure of the thesis and applied research methods; 2 Basic concepts and terms; 2.1 Technology-based startups; 2.2 Governing boards in one- and two-tier corporate governance systems; 2.3 Voluntary and forced advisory boards in both one-tier and two-tier systems; 2.3.1 Voluntary advisory boards; 2.3.2 Forced advisory boards; 2.4 Boards of directors in one-tier systems.
  • 2.5 Supervisory boards in two-tier systems2.6 Different types of advisory board members; 3 Contributions of research on governing boards; 3.1 Literature review on advisory boards; 3.1.1 Academic literature on advisory boards in startups; 3.1.2 Academic literature on advisory boards in other companies; 3.1.3 Practice-oriented literature on advisory boards; 3.2 Roles and functions of governing boards; 3.2.1 Agency theory related control role; 3.2.2 Resource dependency related service role; 3.2.3 Stewardship theory and strategic role; 3.2.4 Stakeholder theory and coordination role.
  • 3.2.5 Institutional theory and maintenance role3.2.6 Managerial hegemony and support role; 3.2.7 Critical reflection of explaining theories especially in the context of technology-based startups; 3.3 Governing board size; 3.4 Independence and outsider discussion; 3.5 Impact of venture capitalists; 3.6 Determinants of governing board involvement; 4 Exploring the role of advisory boards in technology-based startups using qualitative methods; 4.1 Research goal; 4.2 Research Design; 4.2.1 Methodology; 4.2.2 Data collection and sampling method; 4.2.3 Data analysis method (grounded theory).
  • 4.3 Results4.4 Summary and critical reflection; 5 Exploring the role of advisory boards in technology-based startups using quantitative methods; 5.1 Research goal; 5.2 Research design; 5.2.1 Methodology; 5.2.2 Data collection and sampling method; 5.3 Questionnaire design and variables; 5.4 Results; 5.4.1 Sample description; 5.4.2 Descriptive statistics; 5.4.3 Correlation analysis; 5.4.4 Linear multivariate regression analysis; 5.5 Summary and critical reflection; 6 Summary and implications; 6.1 Management summary; 6.2 Implications for research; 6.3 Implications for practice.
  • 6.4 Overall critical reflection and future research possibilitiesV References; VI Appendices.

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