Summary Literature on fashionable management concepts has a strong focus on the supply side. Attention to the demand side is usually restricted to implementation questions. However, between supply and implementation, there is an 'awareness phase', which has been neglected up till now. The level...

Yves Fassin and Klaus Nathusius, respectively the Secretary-General and Chairman of the European Venture Capital Association (EVCA), point out that venture-capital can very successfully fuel the expansion financing necessary for 1992. Already the venture capital industry has Europe-wide networks...