Workshop – Elements of Entrepreneurial Finance

This workshop intends to address various aspects of entrepreneurial financing. For example, how should an entrepreneur raise funds from venture capitalists (VCs) and angel investors? What do venture capitalists do besides providing financing? What are the potential benefits and costs of VC financing? At what stage should an entrepreneurial firm consider going public? What are the advantages and disadvantages of going public?

Update: Venue has been changed.

About The Speaker

Dr. Chemmanur received his Ph.D in Finance from the Stern School of Business, New York University. Prior to joining Boston College, Prof. Chemmanur was Associate Professor of Finance at the Graduate School of Business, Columbia University. He has also taught at the Stern School of Business, New York University, and at the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University. His research is in the area of theoretical and empirical corporate finance and entrepreneurial finance. His recent research has focussed on various aspects of the initial public offerings (IPOs) and seasoned issues of equity (SEOs); venture capital and angel financing contracts and the role of venture capitalists in initial public offerings; the competition and co-operation between stock exchanges, and resulting effects on the listing standards of exchanges and the listing decisions of firms; the sources of firm value created by spin-offs, carve-outs, and tracking stock; and the choice of firms between stock and cash payments in mergers and acquisitions. Dr. Chemmanur’s research has been presented at a number of international conferences, and has been published in almost all the top finance journals, including the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Review of Financial Studies, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, and the Journal of Financial Intermediation.

Dr. Chemmanur has served on the Program Committee of national and international conferences such as the Western Finance Association and the European Finance Association Meetings for several years, and has served as guest editor for a special issue of the Journal of Financial Intermediation, on “New Technologies, Financial Innovation, and Intermediation.” He has recently served as Associate Editor of the Review of Financial Studies, and is currently serving as the Associate Editor of Journals like Financial Management and the Journal of Economics and Business. He is also currently serving as a co-editor of the special issue of the Review of Financial Studies on Entrepreneurial Finance. His research has been supported by grants from several national and international bodies.

Event Details

Date: Friday 14th May 2010
Time: 2:00pm – 5:00pm
Venue: Seminar Room #2-5 (BIZ1, Mochtar Riady Building), National University of Singapore Lecture Theatre (LT) 17, Computing Drive, National University of Singapore

Email Ms Jennifer Chan or Ms Fang to register.