Working paper series

The Vlerick Leuven Gent Working Paper Series is a series of peer-reviewed research papers by Vlerick faculty and researchers.
In general, the papers are documents presented at international conferences, book chapters or articles currently submitted to leading academic journals and publications (and at various stages in the review process). As working papers are a good opportunity to disseminate research efforts widely, they are also submitted to the Econpapers pre-print archive.

The 5 most recent working papers

• 2012/07 - Gender differences in Commitment to change: impacted by gender or by being part of a minority group?

  Authors: Deprez, J., Van den Broeck, H., Cools, E., Bouckenooghe, D.
  The successful implementation of change initiatives remains challenging, as a high number of change processes still fail due to ‘human factor problems’.

• 2012/06 - Group goal setting in age-diverse teams: investigating the role of goal clarity and reflexivity

  Authors: Davidson, T., Dewettinck, K., De Baets, S.
  In a sample of 43 teams, the present study  examines goal clarity as a mediator of the relationship between age diversity and team performance.

• 2012/05 - First-Line Implementation of High-Performance Work Systems: Effects on Work Unit Human Capital, Empowerment, and Performance

  Authors: Soens, N., Buyens, D., Taylor, S.
  This study examined whether and how implementation of high-performance work systems (HPWS) by first-line managers influences work unit performance.

• 2012/04 - Firm Valuation in Venture Capital Financing Rounds: the Role of Investor Bargaining Power

  Authors: Heughebaert, A., Manigart,S.
  This study explores the impact of the bargaining power of venture capital (VC) firms on the valuation of their portfolio companies. VC firm types with greater bargaining power vis-à-vis the entrepreneur are expected to negotiate lower valuations compared with VC firm types with less bargaining power.

• 2012/03 - Reassessing the Relationships between Private Equity Investors and Their Portfolio Companies

  Authors: Manigart,S., Wright, M.
  The scope and purpose of this special issue is to reassess the relationships between private equity investors and their portfolio companies in the light of the need for VC/PE firms to adapt their strategies for value creation in the light of the recent financial crisis.