Flying cross-border to entrepreneurs: Business angels in Croatia and Slovenia (CROSBI ID 568306)
Prilog sa skupa u zborniku | izvorni znanstveni rad | međunarodna recenzija
Podaci o odgovornosti
Vadnjal, Jaka ; Rončević, Ante ; Morić Milovanović, Bojan
engleski
Flying cross-border to entrepreneurs: Business angels in Croatia and Slovenia
The significant expansion of business formation is playing a key role in the transformation of transitional economies. As a result of this and, the development of more entrepreneurial business culture, the role of endogenous venture capital, equity market provision, and the potential for business angels involvement is also growing. Despite these entrepreneurially driven developments, and the encouragement of individuals to establish new businesses, start-up companies in Croatia and Slovenia, they are facing the immediate issue of raising capital. This paper undertakes a comparative analysis of business angels in Croatia and Slovenia as part of they represent a key part of the response and solution to this problem. Their primary motivation is capital growth, and they seek to fill an equity gap and compensate for failures in the venture capital market wherever they appear. The study documents the current state of business angel activity and networking within the private equity market in Croatia and Slovenia, based on interviews and case studies. Therefore, it informs the analysis of key functions that business angels can play in addressing problems faced by new small businesses in an emergent economic and investment environment.
formal and informal venture capital; business angels; Croatia; Slovenia. banking crisis
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Podaci o prilogu
2010.
objavljeno
Podaci o matičnoj publikaciji
Podaci o skupu
5th International Conference ''An Enterprise Odyssey: From Cricic to Prosperity - Challenges for Government and Business''
predavanje
26.05.2010-29.05.2010
Opatija, Hrvatska