The Optimisation of Venture Capital Processes

3. Table of Contents

1. Title Page

2. Abstract

3. Table of Contents

4. Contents of Tables & Figures

5. Introduction

6. Literature Review
6.1. What is Venture Capital?
6.2. Venture Capital and the Financial Landscape
6.3. Venture Capital Companies’ Structure
6.4. Actors & Relationships within Venture Capital
6.5. Venture Capital Process
6.5.1. Investment Decision
6.5.1.1. Conventional Common Method
6.5.1.2. Real Options
6.5.2. Contracting
6.5.2.1. Venture Capital’s Market Size
6.5.2.2. Exit Strategy
6.5.2.3. Risk & Uncertainty
6.5.2.4. Capital Market Timing
6.5.3. Control and Value Adding
6.5.4. Exit
6.5.4.1. Initial Public Offering (IPO)
6.5.4.2. Trade Sale
6.5.4.3. Secondary Sale
6.5.4,4, Buyback or Management Buyout (MBO)
6.5.4.5. Reconstruction, Write-off, Bankruptcy or Liquidation

7. Reseach Aim, Questions & Objectives
7.1. Research Aim
7.2. Research Questions
7.3. Research Objectives

8. Methodology, Data Collection, Analysis & Results
8.1. Methodology
8.2. Data Collection
8.3. Analysis
8.3.1. Investment Decision
8.3.1.1. NPV Method
8.3.1.2. Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
8.3.1.3. Real Options
8.3.2. Research Paper on Contracting
8.3.3. Case Study on Control & Value Adding
8.3.4. Journal Article on Exit Strategy
8.4. Results
9. Discussion, Conclusion & Recommendations
8.1. Discussion
8.2. Conclusion
8.3. Recommendations

10. References

4. Contends of Figures & Tables

Figure 1 Flows of Venture Capital, adopted from Bygrave & Timmons (1992)

Figure 2 FUELCO's Decision Tree

Table 1 Newco's Financial Statement