Report on SCA Course
Title of the course
What we know about Venture Capital in Europe: exploring VICO
Venue
Department of Management Economics and Industrial Engineering – MIP School of Management
– Politecnico di Milano
Date
February 4-5, 2015
Organizers
Massimo G. Colombo, Massimiliano Guerini
Objectives
The objective of the course was to describe the features of the VICO infrastructure, highlighting
its potential applications to early stage researchers interested in entrepreneurship and
entrepreneurial finance, practitioners and policy makers.
Main results
The course trained participants to address research questions in the entrepreneurial finance field
using the VICO infrastructure. The contents of the course were presented through six
presentations – three focusing on the theoretical framework/research questions and three
focusing on the technical aspects of the infrastructure. During the final session of the course,
participants had the opportunity to explore the VICO infrastructure and to replicate the analysis
shown during the presentations.
List of participants: see ANNEX 1
Programme: see ANNEX 2
Assessment: see ANNEX 3
Materials: available at http://risis.eu/event/what-we-know-about-venture-capital-in-europeexploring-vico/
ANNEX 1
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
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Name
Vincenzo
Giusy
Chiara E.
Bahina
Andrea
Davide
Patricia
Antonio
Angela
Andrea
Jonathan
Alberto
Francesco
Francesca
Vahid
Margherita
Martina
Surname
Butticè
Cannone
De Marco
Eidelman
Fronzetti Colladon
Hahn
Laurens
De Marco
Sarcina
Signori
Taglialatela
Uberti
Manaresi
Tenca
Sadr
Tamplenizza
Schiavo Campo de Gregorio
Organization
Dep. of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
Italian Angels for Growth
Dep. of Management, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
Samuel Neaman Institute for National Policy Research, Technion
Dep. of Enterprise Engineering, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata
Dep. Economics and Management, Università degli Studi di Pavia
CNRS - Centre national de la recherche scientifique
Dep. of Economics, Università degli Studi di Torino, Collegio Carlo Alberto
Dep. of Innovation Engineering, Università degli Studi di Salerno
Dep. of Engineering, Università degli Studi di Bergamo
Dep. of Management, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna Pisa
Laboratorio Interdipartimentale di Trasferimento Tecnologico, Politecnico di Torino
Banca d'Italia
Dep. of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
Dep. of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
Assolombarda
Assolombarda
Country
Italy
Italy
Italy
Israel
Italy
Italy
France
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
Iran
Italy
Italy
ANNEX 2
PROGRAMME
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT VENTURE CAPITAL IN EUROPE:
EXPLORING VICO
Short course
Program
DAY 1 – February 4th
10.45 – 11.00
Registration
11.00 – 11.30
Presentation of the course
Massimo G. Colombo
11.30 – 13.00
Overview of the VICO infrastructure
Massimiliano Guerini
13.00 – 14.00
Lunch
14.00 – 16.00
Research questions that can be addressed with the VICO infrastructure
Massimo G. Colombo
16.30 – 18.30
Investment patterns of VC investors in Europe
Massimiliano Guerini
DAY 2 – February 5th
9.00 – 11.00
Heterogeneity of European VC investors: public and private VC
Samuele Murtinu
11.30 – 13.00
VC backed-firms vs non VC backed-firms
Massimiliano Guerini
13.00 – 14.00
Lunch
14.00 – 17.00
Practical computer session
ANNEX 3
ASSESSMENT
Why did you choose to attend the course?
8%
Actual research interest
31%
Potential research interest
Professional interest
61%
Exploration Curiosity
RATINGS
Were the course objectives clearly defined?
Were the contents of the course consistent with
the course description?
no
rather no
rather yes
yes
no
rather no
rather yes
yes
no
rather no
rather yes
yes
no
rather no
rather yes
yes
no
rather no
rather yes
yes
no
rather no
rather yes
yes
Has this course stimulated your interest?
Was the course well organized?
Was the course well structured?
Have teaching materials facilitated learning?
OVERALL SATISFACTION (scale 1-10)
8.8
BEST FEATURES
ASPECTS TO IMPROVE
A good illustration of the general theoretical
framework
A more structured practical session (e.g. group
work with exercises)
Detailed information on the content of the database
and its possible use for research
Teaching staff expertise and professionalism