Evaluation frequency and evaluator’s experience: the case of venture capital investment firms and monitoring intensity in stage financing

Hopp, Christian; Lukas, Christian (2014). Evaluation frequency and evaluator’s experience: the case of venture capital investment firms and monitoring intensity in stage financing Journal of Management & Governance, 18(2), pp. 649-674. Springer 10.1007/s10997-012-9231-8

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In this paper we analyze the relation between an investor’s experience and the intensity of monitoring activities. Specifically, we consider venture capitalist firms and their choices of time intervals between financing rounds. We hypothesize that more industry investment experience leads to longer time intervals between financing rounds and hence, lower monitoring intensity. Using a unique data set of venture capital firms from Germany during the period from 1995 to 2005 we find evidence for our hypothesis that in a given time frame more experienced investors evaluate and monitor their investments less often than less experienced investors. In addition, VC investors pool their experience and share the risk involved in investing by forming syndicates which reduces the incentives to monitor subsequently. On the basis of our results we argue that the optimal frequency of performance evaluations should take into account the experience of the evaluator.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

Business School > Business Foundations and Methods

Name:

Hopp, Christian0000-0002-4095-092X and
Lukas, Christian

ISSN:

1385-3457

Publisher:

Springer

Language:

English

Submitter:

Christian Hopp

Date Deposited:

06 Oct 2020 16:37

Last Modified:

25 Sep 2021 02:18

Publisher DOI:

10.1007/s10997-012-9231-8

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Experience; Investment evaluation; Evaluation frequency; Monitoring; Governance; Venture capital

ARBOR DOI:

10.24451/arbor.12000

URI:

https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/12000

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