Sophie Manigart

Vlerick Business School

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Ghent University

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1.

Private Debt Fund Returns, Persistence, and Market Conditions

Financial Analysts Journal, 78(4), p. 121-144
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 08 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 17 Feb 2023
Pascal Böni and Sophie Manigart
Tilburg University and Vlerick Business School
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Private markets, private debt, private debt fund, performance, persistence, general partner, GP, skill

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Why Do European Venture Capital Companies Syndicate?

ERIM Report Series Reference No. ERS-2002-98-ORG
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 18 Jan 2003
Sophie Manigart, Mike Wright, Andy Lockett, Miguel Meuleman, Miguel Meuleman, Hans Landström, Hans Bruining, Philippe Desbrieres and Ulrich Hommel
Vlerick Business School, Nottingham University Business School, Nottingham University Business School (NUBS), Vlerick Business SchoolUniversity of Nottingham, Lund University - Lund Institute of Economic Research, Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Department of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship, Université de Bourgogne and WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management - Chair of International Corporate Finance
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resource-based theory, financial diversification theory, motivation, syndication, venture capital strategies

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Firm Size Effects on Venture Capital Syndication: The Role of Resources and Transaction Costs

ERIM Report Series Reference No. ERS-2005-077-STR
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 06 Jan 2006
Hans Bruining, Mike Wright, Ernst Verwaal, Ernst Verwaal, Andy Lockett and Sophie Manigart
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Department of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship, Nottingham University Business School, Queen's University Management SchoolErasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Department of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship, Nottingham University Business School (NUBS) and Vlerick Business School
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Firm Size, Resource-Based View, Syndication Networks, Transaction Cost Theory, Venture Capital

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Venture Capitalists in Asia: A Comparison with the U.S. And Europe

Vlerick Leuven Gent Working Paper No. 2002/15
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 27 Nov 2002
Sophie Manigart, Vance H. Fried, Garry D. Bruton and Harry J. Sapienza
Vlerick Business School, Oklahoma State University - Stillwater - Department of Management, Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management
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Firm Valuation in Venture Capital Financing Rounds: The Role of Investor Bargaining Power

Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 39 (3-4), 500-530 (2012)
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 23 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2016
Andy Heughebaert and Sophie Manigart
Ghent University - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and Vlerick Business School
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bargaining power, valuation, venture capital

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International Private Equity Flows

COMPANION TO PRIVATE EQUITY, Douglas J. Cumming, ed., Chapter 16, Wiley, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 02 Jul 2009
Sophie Manigart, Sofie De Prijcker and Bivas Bose
Vlerick Business School, Ghent University and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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international private equity, internationalization, buyout, syndication

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Venture Capital

Alternative investments: instruments, performance, benchmarks, and strategies. Baker K., Filbeck G. (eds). J. WIley & Sons, 2013. Chapter 11, p. 241-262. ISBN 9781118241127.
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 19 Mar 2016
Tom R. Vanacker and Sophie Manigart
Ghent University and Vlerick Business School
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Venture capital, information asymmetry, business model, value chain, portfolio company performance, venture capital fund returns

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Investment timing, risk, uncertainty, and return: Evidence from venture capital backed IPOs

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 22 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 05 Mar 2021
Sophie Manigart, Klaas Mulier and Frederik Verplancke
Vlerick Business School, Ghent University - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and Ghent University - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
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venture capital, investment timing, investment return, uncertainty, risk, IPO

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Follow-On Financing of Venture Capital Backed Companies

HANDBOOK OF ENTREPRENEURIAL FINANCE, Douglas J. Cumming, ed., Oxford University Press, 2011
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 09 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 17 Mar 2016
Tom R. Vanacker, Arnout Seghers and Sophie Manigart
Ghent University, Ghent University - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and Vlerick Business School
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Financing Policy, Entrepreneurial Firm, High Growth Orientation, Venture Capital, Bank Debt, Operational Debt, Internal Funds

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The Influence of International Human Capital and International Network Relationships on Private Equity Firms’ Cross-Border Investment Behaviour

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 02 Jul 2009
Sofie De Prijcker, Sophie Manigart, Mike Wright and Wouter De Maeseneire
Ghent University, Vlerick Business School, Nottingham University Business School and Vlerick Business School
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international private equity, internationalization, networks, human capital

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A Dynamic View on the Financing of Extreme Growth Companies

Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) 2006, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2006
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 11 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 16 Dec 2009
Tom R. Vanacker and Sophie Manigart
Ghent University and Vlerick Business School
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Entrepreneurship

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The Role of Domestic and Cross-Border Venture Capital Investors in the Growth of Portifolio Companies

Small Business Economics, 40 (3), 553-573 (2013)
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 07 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2016
David Devigne, David Devigne, Tom R. Vanacker, Sophie Manigart and Ine Paeleman
Vlerick Leuven Ghent Management SchoolGhent University, Ghent University, Vlerick Business School and University of Antwerp
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venture capital, domestic, cross-border, international, portfolio company growth, technology

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Escalation of Commitment in Venture Capital Decision Making: Differentiating between Domestic and International Investors

Journal of Business Venturing, Vol. 31, 2016
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 19 Mar 2016
David Devigne, David Devigne, Sophie Manigart and Mike Wright
Vlerick Leuven Ghent Management SchoolGhent University, Vlerick Business School and Imperial College London
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cross-border investments, termination, venture capital, escalating commitment, divestment

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Financing and Investment Interdependencies in Unquoted Belgian Compagnies: The Role of Venture Capital

National Bank of Belgium Working Paper No. 29
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 16 Oct 2010
Sophie Manigart, Katleen Baeyens and Ilse Verschueren
Vlerick Business School, Ghent University - Department of Accountancy and Corporate Finance and Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
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Seed and Venture Capital

Concise Guide to Entrepreneurship, Technology and Innovation. Audretsch DB, Hayter CS, Link AN. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015, 175-179.
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 19 Mar 2016
Sophie Manigart, Thomas Standaert and Tom R. Vanacker
Vlerick Business School, Ghent University - Univ Lille 2 and Ghent University
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entrepreneurship, technology, innovation

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Digitization in the Market for Entrepreneurial Finance: Innovative Business Models and New Financing Channels

Forthcoming: Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 02 Sep 2021
Fabio Bertoni, Stefano Bonini, Vincenzo Capizzi, Massimo G. Colombo and Sophie Manigart
EM Lyon (Ecole de Management de Lyon) - Department of Economics, Finance, Control, Stevens Institute of Technology - School of Business, University of Piemonte Orientale - Department of Economics and Business Studies, Politecnico di Milano and Vlerick Business School
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Digitization, entrepreneurial finance

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A Dynamic View on External Financing Choices of Growth Oriented Ventures

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 04 Mar 2005
Katleen Baeyens and Sophie Manigart
Ghent University - Department of Accountancy and Corporate Finance and Vlerick Business School
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Financing choice, private equity, bank debt

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Lending When Relationships Are Scarce: The Role of Information Spread via Bank Networks

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 19 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 14 Mar 2022
Yan Alperovych, Anantha Divakaruni and Sophie Manigart
emlyon business school, University of Bergen and Vlerick Business School
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Networks; Syndication; Lending; Information; Private Equity; Leveraged Buyouts

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Reassessing the Relationships between Private Equity Investors and Their Portfolio Companies

Small Business Economics, Vol. 40, No. 2, 2013
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 30 Mar 2016
Sophie Manigart and Mike Wright
Vlerick Business School and Imperial College London
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private equity;venture capital;business angels;investor heterogeneity

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The Influence of Experiential, Inherited and External Knowledge on the Internationalization of Venture Capital Firms

International Business Review, 21 (5), 929-940 (2012). DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2011.11.001
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 30 Mar 2016
Sofie De Prijcker, Sophie Manigart, Mike Wright and Wouter De Maeseneire
Ghent University, Vlerick Business School, Nottingham University Business School and Vlerick Business School
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experiential knowledge; external knowledge; human capital; inherited knowledge; venture capital

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Beyond Environmental Scarcity: Human and Social Capital as Driving Forces of Bootstrapping Activities

Journal of Business Venturing, Vol. 29, 2014
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 19 Mar 2016
Dietmar Grichnik, Jan Brinckmann, Luv Singh and Sophie Manigart
University of St. Gallen, Loyola University of Chicago, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management and Vlerick Business School
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Bootstrapping, Human capital, Social capital, Environmental munificence, Nascent ventures

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Venture Capital Investors and Portfolio Firms

Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship Vol. 9, No. 4-5, 2013
Number of pages: 219 Posted: 18 Jan 2014
Sophie Manigart and Mike Wright
Vlerick Business School and Imperial College London
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venture capital, VC process, syndication, initial public offering

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Government as Fund-of-Fund and VC Fund Sponsors: Effect on Employment in Portfolio Companies

Small Business Economics, DOI: 10.1007/s11187-016-9831-9, Forthcoming
Posted: 18 Sep 2017
Thomas Standaert and Sophie Manigart
Ghent University - Univ Lille 2 and Vlerick Business School

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Venture capital, Public policy, Government venture capital, Employment growth

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Relocation to Get Venture Capital: A Resource Dependence Perspective

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Forthcoming
Posted: 18 Sep 2017
Sofie De Prijcker, Sophie Manigart, Veroniek Collewaert and Tom R. Vanacker
Ghent University, Vlerick Business School, Vlerick Business School and Ghent University

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entrepreneurial firms; venture capital; relocation; first round

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Bank Networks and Buyout Financing

Posted: 05 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 09 Oct 2020
Yan Alperovych, Anantha Divakaruni, Sophie Manigart, Miguel Meuleman and Miguel Meuleman
emlyon business school, University of Bergen, Vlerick Business School and Vlerick Business SchoolUniversity of Nottingham

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Networks; Leveraged Buyout; Network Centrality; Bank; Private Equity; Loan Syndication

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Attitudes of Family Firms Towards Outside Investors: The Importance of Organizational Identification

Jeroen Neckebrouck, Sophie Manigart and Miguel Meuleman, 2017. Attitudes of Family Firms towards Outside Investors: The Importance of Organizational Identification. Venture Capital: An International Journal, 19(1-2):29-51. dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691066.2016.1255414
Posted: 25 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 15 Sep 2017
Jeroen Neckebrouck, Sophie Manigart, Miguel Meuleman and Miguel Meuleman
Vlerick Business School, Vlerick Business School and Vlerick Business SchoolUniversity of Nottingham

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family firms, outside investors, equity, organizational identification, governance, succession

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Financial Reporting, Disclosure, and Corporate Governance

The Oxford handbook of Corporate Governance, Oxford University Press, 2013, Chapter 13, pp. 290-307, ISBN 9780199642007
Posted: 05 Apr 2016
Christof Beuselinck, Marc Deloof and Sophie Manigart
Catholic University of Lille - IESEG School of Management, University of Antwerp and Vlerick Business School

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voluntary disclosure, information, disclosure regulations, private firms, public firms

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Firm Exit after Distress: Differentiating between Bankruptcy, Voluntary Liquidation and M&A

Small Business Economics, Vol. 39, No. 4, 949-975 (2012)
Posted: 05 Apr 2016
Sofie Balcaen, Sophie Manigart, Jozefien Buyze and Hubert Ooghe
Ghent University - Department of Accountancy and Corporate Finance, Vlerick Business School, Centre of Applied Mathematics and Computer Sciences and Vlerick Business School

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firm exit, bankruptcy, liquidation, acquisition, economic distress, nested logit

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An Assessment of Government Funding of Business Angel Networks in Flanders

Regional Studies, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp119-130, 2010
Posted: 09 Jan 2011
Veroniek Collewaert, Sophie Manigart and Rudy Aernoudt
Maastricht Centre for Entrepreneurship, Vlerick Business School and Flemish Minister of Economy, Enterprise, Research, Innovation and External Trade

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risk capital, public policy, business angel, economic development, market failure

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The Impact of Human and Social Capital on Entrepreneurs’ Knowledge of Finance Alternatives

Journal of Small Business Management, Forthcoming
Posted: 09 Jan 2011
Arnout Seghers, Tom R. Vanacker and Sophie Manigart
Ghent University - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University and Vlerick Business School

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Enterpreneur, Human Capital, Knowledge, Finance, Startup

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A Longitudinal Study on the Relationship Between Financial Bootstrapping and New Venture Growth

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Forthcoming
Posted: 24 Dec 2010
Tom R. Vanacker, Sophie Manigart, Miguel Meuleman, Miguel Meuleman and Luc Sels
Ghent University, Vlerick Business School, Vlerick Business SchoolUniversity of Nottingham and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Faculty of Business and Economics (FBE)

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entrepreneurial finance, financial bootstrapping, startups, growth

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From Distress to Exit: Determinants of the Time to Exit

Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Forthcoming
Posted: 24 Dec 2010
Sofie Balcaen, Sophie Manigart and Hubert Ooghe
Ghent University - Department of Accountancy and Corporate Finance, Vlerick Business School and Vlerick Business School

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firm exit, distress, court driven exit, voluntary liquidation, slack resources, stakeholders

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The Planned Decision to Transfer an Entrepreneurial Company

The IUP Journal of Entrepreneurship Development, Vol. 7, Nos. 1 & 2, pp. 7-22, March & June 2010
Posted: 22 May 2010
Hannes Luc Leroy, Sophie Manigart, Miguel Meuleman and Miguel Meuleman
KU Leuven, Vlerick Business School and Vlerick Business SchoolUniversity of Nottingham

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The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (Gem) - Executive Report Belgium and Flanders 2001

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship
Posted: 24 Nov 2009
Bart Clarysse, Sophie Manigart, Hans Crijns and Hilde F.G. Goossens
ETH Zürich, Vlerick Business School, Vlerick Business School and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Entrepreneurial activity, Cultural attitudes, Individual traits, Males, Age, Gender, Market infrastructures, Entrepreneurship education, Early stage financing, Economic growth, Females, Public policies, Startup rates, Regulations, Technology transfer, Venture capital

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Venture Capital Governance and Value Added in Four Countries

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship
Posted: 17 Nov 2009
Sophie Manigart, Harry J. Sapienza and Wim Vermeir
Vlerick Business School, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Monitoring, Networking, Decision making, Business counseling, Business assistance, Venture capitalists, Venture capital firms, Firm governance, Intermediaries, Mentoring

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Venture Capitalists' Decision to Syndicate

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship
Posted: 10 Nov 2009
Sophie Manigart, Andy Lockett, Miguel Meuleman, Miguel Meuleman, Mike Wright, Hans Landström, Hans Bruining, Philippe Desbrieres and Ulrich Hommel
Vlerick Business School, Nottingham University Business School (NUBS), Vlerick Business SchoolUniversity of Nottingham, Nottingham University Business School, Lund University - Lund Institute of Economic Research, Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Department of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship, Université de Bourgogne and EBS Business School

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Syndication, Portfolio management, Venture capital, Motivation, Venture capital firms, Value maximization, Management decisions, Late stage financing, Early stage financing

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Venture Capitalists' Selection Process: The Case of Biotechnology Proposals

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship
Posted: 10 Nov 2009
Katleen Baeyens, Tom R. Vanacker and Sophie Manigart
Ghent University - Department of Accountancy and Corporate Finance, Ghent University and Vlerick Business School

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Investment criteria, Risk management, Management decisions, Biotechnology industry, Startups, Venture capitalists, Firm characteristics, Valuation, Risk assessment

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Private Equity Investments and Disclosure Policy

European Accounting Review Vol. 17, No. 4, December 2008
Posted: 11 Nov 2004 Last Revised: 10 Jan 2011
Christof Beuselinck, Marc Deloof and Sophie Manigart
Catholic University of Lille - IESEG School of Management, University of Antwerp and Vlerick Business School

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Disclosure choice, private equity, unlisted firms, corporate governance

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Venture Capitalists, Investment Appraisal and Accounting Information: A Comparative Study of the Us, UK, France, Belgium and Holland

European Financial Management, Vol. 6, No. 3 September 2000
Posted: 04 Jul 2000
Sophie Manigart, Mike Wright, Koen Waele, Ken Robbie, Philippe Desbrieres, Harry J. Sapienza and Amy Beekman
Vlerick Business School, Nottingham University Business School, Ghent University, Nottingham University Business School, Université de Bourgogne, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management and University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business

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Agency Costs, Reputation and Collaboration: Syndication in the UK Market for Private Equity

EFA 2007 Ljubljana Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 01 Mar 2007
Miguel Meuleman, Miguel Meuleman, Mike Wright, Sophie Manigart and Andy Lockett
Vlerick Business SchoolUniversity of Nottingham, Nottingham University Business School, Vlerick Business School and Nottingham University Business School (NUBS)
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equity, financing, syndication, agency theory

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Incremental Financing Decisions in High Growth Companies: Pecking Order and Debt Capacity Considerations

Small Business Economics, Vol. 35, No. 1, 2010
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 02 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 26 Dec 2010
Tom R. Vanacker and Sophie Manigart
Ghent University and Vlerick Business School
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Financing Decisions, Pecking order theory, Debt capacity, Growth

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The Wealth Effects of Horizontal Acquisitions on Rivals: Distinguishing between Public, Private and Subsidiary Targets

Midwest Finance Association 2013 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 31 Aug 2012
Virginie Mataigne, Sophie Manigart and Mathieu Luypaert
Ghent University - Department of Accountancy and Corporate Finance, Vlerick Business School and Vlerick Business School
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M&A, rivals, valuation