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Pre-Management? How To Best Prepare: A Brief Overview For Potential Accounting, Finance, And Information Systems Students, Ammon Kou
Marriott Student Review
Many pre-management students are curious about the accounting, finance, and information systems majors offered at BYU. This article features an overview of each major and how best to prepare for those majors’ programs.
Private Equity In Family Firms: Drivers Of The Willingness To Cede Control, Marisa Henn, Prof. Dr. Eva Lutz
Private Equity In Family Firms: Drivers Of The Willingness To Cede Control, Marisa Henn, Prof. Dr. Eva Lutz
The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance
Our aim is to empirically examine how reasons for using private equity (PE) and prior experience with PE affect the willingness of privately held firms to cede company control. Based on a questionnaire entailing 75 privately held firms backed by PE, we show that family firms cede less control than non-family firms when entering a PE transaction. However, if firms seek funds due to challenges related to ownership changes, the difference between family firms and non-family firms decreases. Moreover, we find that family firms sell more company shares if they are run by a PE-experienced manager.
Entrepreneurial Financing—Alternatives For Raising Capital, Paul Broude, Joseph E. Levangie
Entrepreneurial Financing—Alternatives For Raising Capital, Paul Broude, Joseph E. Levangie
New England Journal of Entrepreneurship
Most entrepreneurs are continually concerned about their finances. Their companies perhaps not yet profitable, they may have a fear of “running out of dry powder.” These entrepreneurs often have fallen in love with their company’s technologies, products, and potential markets, but they require more resources. Invariably these emerging ventures shroud their fear of the grueling capital raising marathon by presenting voluminous business plans to potential investors. They often flaunt their “optimized business models.” Investors, however, typically want to know why the potential investment is such a good deal. The entrepreneur often wants guidance regarding what to say to whom in …