Essays about: "Business Angel"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 39 essays containing the words Business Angel.

  1. 16. Untouched by an angel: A study of business angel rejection criteria during the deal screening process

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Su Lyn Cheng; Jonatan Tops; [2018]
    Keywords : business angels; Sweden; entrepreneurial financing; rejection criteria; verbal protocol analysis; angel characteristics; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates rejection criteria used by Swedish business angels in the screening phase of their decision-making process. A verbal protocol analysis was conducted on a sample of ten local business angels as they evaluate two different investment proposals and were encouraged to vocalize their thought process. READ MORE

  3. 17. Speeding Up Social Entrepreneurship: Improving the Sustainability of the Accelerator Program

    University essay from KTH/Industriell Management

    Author : MARTE DE VRIES; [2018]
    Keywords : Accelerator programs; Revenue Models; Social Entrepreneurship; Revenue Diversification;

    Abstract : In the past decade, a new entrepreneurial phenomenon aimed at seeding start-up companies has emerged across the globe: the social enterprise (SE) accelerator program. These accelerators focus on scaling social entrepreneurs by accelerating their journey to the market. READ MORE

  4. 18. Struggling with Technology; A critical investigation of the role of the information and communication technology-sector in Stockholm’s regional development

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Oscar Helleday Melander; [2018]
    Keywords : Stockholm; Kista; Ericsson; Entrepreneurialization; Entrepreneurialization of the self; Financialization; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the role of the local ICT-sector in Stockholm’s regional development over the last four decades. The inquiry is motivated, on the one hand, by economic polarization in the region and, on the other hand, by the increasing centrality of technical innovation in the region’s development over the last decades. READ MORE

  5. 19. A study on how women BAs perceive themselves and the BA investment industry based on their education, experiences and their social capital in Sweden.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Merve Yurdagel; Emil Stendahl; [2017]
    Keywords : women business angel; investment industry; male-dominated industry; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Purpose – This study explores the assumptions of Sohl and Hill (2007) and Harrison and Mason (2007), and analyses if these can be empirically supported. This is done from the theoretical perspective of gender studies and explored how women BAs perceive themselves and understand the industry, based on their own educations, experiences and social capital. READ MORE

  6. 20. Corporate Social Entrepreneurship as a new approach to CSR - A Swedish outlook

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Angel Nikolov; Louise Westergren; [2017]
    Keywords : Corporate social entrepreneurship; Swedish companies; cross-case analysis; framework; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Corporate social entrepreneurship (CSE) is a fairly new concept in academia and is not very well researched. This study aims to develop more knowledge about the concept. It is emphasizing the concept of CSE, and how Swedish companies are working with CSE. A comprehensive framework based on literature is presented and tested on the empirical data. READ MORE