Non-technical summary Founders often have big problems with firm financing issues. Financing problems may arise for many reasons. Information asymmetry and uncertainty are important, but so are such things as ignorance. Experienced entrepreneurs should have more knowledge about financing issues and should be more likely to know who to turn to for help and advice. Thus, they have advantages over...

This paper is the first attempt to study the process and criteria used by entrepreneurs in evaluating venture capitalists. Selection process involves issues such as the time invested in gathering information, the sources of information, and the number of venture capitalists considered. Selection criteria are split into four groups: (1) Valuation; (2) Value-Added Services; (3) Reputational Facto...

levofloxacin is one of the fluroquinoline antibiotic groups, which affect on controlling infections, especially in reproductive organs. it has therapeutic use in numerous countries, but little information exists on the effects of levofloxacin on spermatogenesis when it is used for infectious treatment. the current study was designed to determine whether levofloxacin influences testis tissue and...

the issue of entrepreneurial learning and entrepreneurs’ different learning methods are addressed to attract and empower young interested people to create and manage business activities. although learning has a crucial role in the process of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurs and researchers lack a comprehensive pattern for explaining learning in terms of sources, methods, as well as entrepreneurs...

This study discusses the creation, survival and growth strategies of locally-based start-ups in emerging economies. The study consists of a revelatory case study analysis of an IT start-up in one of the largest developing countries of central and Eastern Europe, Romania. The analysis shows how IT entrepreneurs in developing countries can adapt to the institutional, resource and industry constra...

Multitasking is held to be essential to corporate survival (Manhart, 2005), but little attention has been paid to the social meaning of technological multitasking. We focus on technological multitasking as rapid task switching involving information technologies and, in particular, where one or more activities involve interpersonal interaction. Understanding how technological multitasking behavi...