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University of Exeter Business School: Exeter, Devon, GB

2019 to present
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Tom Vanacker

Ghent University: Gent, BE

2016 to present | Associate Professor
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Tom Vanacker

Vlerick Business School: Gent, BE

2011 to present | Research Fellow
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Tom Vanacker

Ghent University: Gent, BE

2011 to 2016 | Assistant Professor
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Tom Vanacker

University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management: Minneapolis, MN, US

2014-02 to 2014-07 | Visiting Scholar
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University of Pennsylvania Wharton School: Philadelphia, PA, US

2011-01 to 2011-06 | Visiting Scholar
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Education and qualifications (2)

Ghent University: Gent, BE

2005 to 2009 | Ph.D.
Education
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Tom Vanacker

University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management: Minneapolis, MN, US

2006-09 to 2007-08 | Visiting Ph.D. student
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Tom Vanacker

Works (42)

Entrepreneurial Team Size and Fundraising Success: Evidence From Equity Crowdfunding

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
2024 | Journal article
Contributors: Valerio Lo Monaco; Michele Meoli; Tom Vanacker; Silvio Vismara
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Employment protection laws and the commercialization of new products: A cross-country study

Research Policy
2024-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0048-7333
Contributors: Maarten Cerpentier; Anja Schulze; Tom Vanacker; Shaker A. Zahra
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Tom Vanacker

(De)centralized governance and the value of platform-based new ventures: The moderating role of teams and transparency

Small Business Economics
2024-08-31 | Journal article
Contributors: Pierluigi Martino; Tom Vanacker; Igor Filatotchev; Cristiano Bellavitis
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Digitalization and Resource Mobilization

British Journal of Management
2024-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Ilke Inceoglu; Tom Vanacker; Silvio Vismara
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Same owner, different impact: How responses to performance feedback differ across a private equity investor's portfolio firms

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal
2023-11-13 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1932-4391
Part of ISSN: 1932-443X
Contributors: Veroniek Collewaert; Jeroen Neckebrouck; Tom Vanacker; Dries Bourgois; Sophie Manigart
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Tom Vanacker

Should we be Conservative or Aggressive? SME Managers’ Responses in a Crisis and Long‐Term Firm Survival

Journal of Management Studies
2023-08-23 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0022-2380
Part of ISSN: 1467-6486
Contributors: Ine Paeleman; Tom Vanacker; Shaker A. Zahra
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Tom Vanacker

Unsuccessful Equity Crowdfunding Offerings and the Persistence in Equity Fundraising of Family Business Start-Ups

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
2023-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Alice Rossi; Tom Vanacker; Silvio Vismara
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The Consequences of Financial Leverage: Certified B Corporations’ Advantages Compared to Common Commercial Firms

Journal of Business Ethics
2023-02-14 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0167-4544
Part of ISSN: 1573-0697
Contributors: Ine Paeleman; Nadja Guenster; Tom Vanacker; Ana Cristina O. Siqueira
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Tom Vanacker

Equity crowdfunding, market timing, and firm capital structure

The Journal of Technology Transfer
2022-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Maarten Cerpentier; Tom Vanacker; Ine Paeleman; Katja Bringmann
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Ban, Boom, and Echo! Entrepreneurship and Initial Coin Offerings

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
2022-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Cristiano Bellavitis; Douglas Cumming; Tom Vanacker
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Equity Crowdfunders’ Human Capital and Signal Set Formation: Evidence From Eye Tracking

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
2022-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Vincenzo Butticè; Veroniek Collewaert; Silvia Stroe; Tom Vanacker; Silvio Vismara; Xavier Walthoff-Borm
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Venture Capital, Credit, and FinTech Start-Up Formation: A Cross-Country Study

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
2022-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Dimitrios Kolokas; Tom Vanacker; David Veredas; Shaker A. Zahra
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Equity Crowdfunding and Governance: Toward an Integrative Model and Research Agenda

Academy of Management Perspectives
2021-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1558-9080
Part of ISSN: 1943-4529
Contributors: Douglas J. Cumming; Tom Vanacker; Shaker A. Zahra
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Tom Vanacker

The sandwich game: Founder-CEOs and forecasting as impression management

Journal of Business Venturing
2021-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0883-9026
Contributors: Veroniek Collewaert; Tom Vanacker; Frederik Anseel; Dries Bourgois
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Tom Vanacker

Corporate entrepreneurship, country institutions and firm financial performance

Journal of World Business
2020-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1090-9516
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Tom Vanacker

Signal Strength, Media Attention, and Resource Mobilization: Evidence from New Private Equity Firms

Academy of Management Journal
2020-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0001-4273
Part of ISSN: 1948-0989
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Tom Vanacker

Unemployment insurance and cash holdings of privately held firms around the world

Corporate Governance: An International Review
2020-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Marc Deloof; Yan Du; Tom Vanacker
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The entrepreneurial finance markets of the future: a comparison of crowdfunding and initial coin offerings

Small Business Economics
2020-04-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0921-898X
Part of ISSN: 1573-0913
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Tom Vanacker

Local Banking Development and the Use of Debt Financing by New Firms

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
2019-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Marc Deloof; Maurizio La Rocca; Tom Vanacker
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Relocation to Get Venture Capital: A Resource Dependence Perspective

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
2019-07-15 | Journal article
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VENTURE CAPITAL INTERNATIONALIZATION: SYNTHESIS AND FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS

Journal of Economic Surveys
2018-12 | Journal article
Contributors: David Devigne; Sophie Manigart; Tom Vanacker; Klaas Mulier
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Equity crowdfunding, shareholder structures, and firm performance

Corporate Governance: An International Review
2018-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Xavier Walthoff‐Borm; Tom Vanacker; Veroniek Collewaert
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Equity crowdfunding: First resort or last resort?

Journal of Business Venturing
2018-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0883-9026
Contributors: Xavier Walthoff-Borm; Armin Schwienbacher; Tom Vanacker
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The recent financial crisis, start‐up financing and survival

Journal of Business Finance & Accounting
2018-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Marc Deloof; Tom Vanacker
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A longitudinal comparison of capital structure between young for-profit social and commercial enterprises

Journal of Business Venturing
2018-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0883-9026
Contributors: Ana Cristina O. Siqueira; Nadja Guenster; Tom Vanacker; Saskia Crucke
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Entrepreneurial finance: new frontiers of research and practice: Editorial for the special issue Embracing entrepreneurial funding innovations

Venture Capital
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85007042368

Contributors: Bellavitis, C.; Filatotchev, I.; Kamuriwo, D.S.; Vanacker, T.
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Tom Vanacker via Scopus - Elsevier

Slack resources, firm performance, and the institutional context: Evidence from privately held European firms

Strategic Management Journal
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85000925793

Contributors: Vanacker, T.; Collewaert, V.; Zahra, S.A.
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Tom Vanacker via Scopus - Elsevier

Untangling the multiple effects of slack resources on firms’ exporting behavior

Journal of World Business
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85031809607

Contributors: Paeleman, I.; Fuss, C.; Vanacker, T.
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Tom Vanacker via Scopus - Elsevier

Disentangling the multiple effects of affiliate reputation on resource attraction in new firms

Organization Science
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85009343164

Contributors: Vanacker, T.; Forbes, D.P.
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Tom Vanacker via Scopus - Elsevier

The evolution of debt policies: New evidence from business startups

Journal of Banking and Finance
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84957882429

Contributors: Hanssens, J.; Deloof, M.; Vanacker, T.
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Tom Vanacker via Scopus - Elsevier

Less is More, or Not? On the Interplay between Bundles of Slack Resources, Firm Performance and Firm Survival

Journal of Management Studies
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84938738996

Contributors: Paeleman, I.; Vanacker, T.
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Tom Vanacker via Scopus - Elsevier

Institutional frameworks, venture capital and the financing of european new technology-based firms

Corporate Governance (Oxford)
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84899631478

Contributors: Vanacker, T.; Heughebaert, A.; Manigart, S.
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Tom Vanacker via Scopus - Elsevier

Path-dependent evolution versus intentional management of investment ties in science-based entrepreneurial firms

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84898045908

Contributors: Vanacker, T.; Manigart, S.; Meuleman, M.
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Tom Vanacker via Scopus - Elsevier

The association between venture capitalists' selection and value adding behavior: Evidence from early stage high tech venture capitalists

Small Business Economics
2013 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84873751103

Contributors: Knockaert, M.; Vanacker, T.
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Tom Vanacker via Scopus - Elsevier

The relationship between slack resources and the performance of entrepreneurial firms: The role of venture capital and angel investors

Journal of Management Studies
2013 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84882287869

Contributors: Vanacker, T.; Collewaert, V.; Paeleman, I.
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Tom Vanacker via Scopus - Elsevier

The role of domestic and cross-border venture capital investors in the growth of portfolio companies

Small Business Economics
2013 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84873749334

Contributors: Devigne, D.; Vanacker, T.; Manigart, S.; Paeleman, I.
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Tom Vanacker via Scopus - Elsevier

Venture Capital

Alternative Investments: Instruments, Performance, Benchmarks, and Strategies
2013 | Book
EID:

2-s2.0-84886811245

Contributors: Vanacker, T.; Manigart, S.
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Tom Vanacker via Scopus - Elsevier

Follow-On Financing of Venture Capital-Backed Companies

The Oxford Handbook of Venture Capital
2012 | Book
EID:

2-s2.0-84923449610

Contributors: Vanacker, T.; Seghers, A.; Manigart, S.
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Tom Vanacker via Scopus - Elsevier

The impact of human and social capital on entrepreneurs' knowledge of finance alternatives

Journal of Small Business Management
2012 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84255201244

Contributors: Seghers, A.; Manigart, S.; Vanacker, T.
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Tom Vanacker via Scopus - Elsevier

A longitudinal study on the relationship between financial bootstrapping and new venture growth

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development
2011 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84858840691

Contributors: Vanacker, T.; Manigart, S.; Meuleman, M.; Sels, L.
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Tom Vanacker via Scopus - Elsevier

Pecking order and debt capacity considerations for high-growth companies seeking financing

Small Business Economics
2010 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-77954030689

Contributors: Vanacker, T.R.; Manigart, S.
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Tom Vanacker via Scopus - Elsevier

Venture capitalists' selection process: The case of biotechnology proposals

International Journal of Technology Management
2006 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-33646237369

Contributors: Baeyens, K.; Vanacker, T.; Manigart, S.
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Tom Vanacker via Scopus - Elsevier