Essays about: "Melanie Panorea Kontonikolaou"

Found 1 essay containing the words Melanie Panorea Kontonikolaou.

  1. 1. The Influence of Investors on Stress – a Blessing or a Curse for New Venture Teams? A Qualitative Study of Private Equity Investors’ Influence on Stress Experienced in New Venture Teams

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Melanie Panorea Kontonikolaou; Maximilian Terstappen; [2020]
    Keywords : new venture teams; entrepreneurial stress; stressor; coping; entrepreneurial finance; private equity investors; leadership; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Entrepreneurs often face high levels of stress (Boyd & Gumpert, 1983; Shepherd, Marchisio, Morrish, Deacon & Miles, 2010) and stress has been found to affect a team’s performance (Driskell, Salas & Johnston, 1999). At the same time, private equity investors are a common source to gain external funding, while being known for their value-added roles as well as potential risks (De Clercq, Vance, Lehtonen & Sapienza, 2006; Politis, 2016). READ MORE