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Advisory Boards in Startups

Investigating the Roles of Advisory Boards in German Technology-Based Startups

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Authors:
  1. Eric Weber

    1. SpinLab – The HHL Accelerator , Leipzig, Germany

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  • Publication in the field of economic sciences
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. Introduction

    • Eric Weber
    Pages 1-23

  3. Basic concepts and terms

    • Eric Weber
    Pages 25-40

  4. Contributions of research on governing boards

    • Eric Weber
    Pages 41-85

  5. Exploring the role of advisory boards in technology-based startups using qualitative methods

    • Eric Weber
    Pages 87-139

  6. Exploring the role of advisory boards in technology-based startups using quantitative methods

    • Eric Weber
    Pages 141-178

  7. Summary and implications

    • Eric Weber
    Pages 179-190

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 191-244
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About this book

The author shows that advisory boards in technology-based startups have seven different roles and functions: control, advice, networking, signalling, capital provision, co-management, coordination. It is shown that venture capital investors try to influence the importance of these roles in favour of control, coordination and co-management. Contrary to this, the satisfaction of founders as well as advisory board members increases with a higher importance of advice, networking and signalling. This analysis provides both qualitative and quantitative empirical data on the usage of those boards in practice.

Authors and Affiliations

  • SpinLab – The HHL Accelerator , Leipzig, Germany

    Eric Weber

About the author

Eric Weber co-founded SpinLab – The HHL Accelerator, a program that supports technology-based entrepreneurs in cooperation with HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management, where he worked as research associate and startup coach and dealt with the field of entrepreneurship from both a practical and theoretical perspective.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Advisory Boards in Startups

  • Book Subtitle: Investigating the Roles of Advisory Boards in German Technology-Based Startups

  • Authors: Eric Weber

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-15340-3

  • Publisher: Springer Gabler Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-15339-7Published: 05 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-15340-3Published: 25 August 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 244

  • Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Entrepreneurship, Corporate Governance, Business Strategy/Leadership

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