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Axel Buchner

Full Professor of Entrepreneurial Finance and Corporate Finance

Department : Finance
Campus : Berlin

Axel Buchner is a full Professor of Finance at ESCP Business School (Berlin Campus) where he holds the Chair in Entrepreneurial Finance and Corporate Finance. At ESCP, Axel Buchner teaches courses on Financial Management, Corporate Finance, and (Advanced) Entrepreneurial Finance. He conducts research in the areas of entrepreneurial finance, venture capital and private equity. He focuses on understanding the risks, returns, and illiquidity inherent in venture capital, private equity, and other alternative investments. He has published his research in leading academic journals, including, among oth-ers, Management Science, Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS), Journal of Busi-ness Venturing, Journal of Banking and Finance, and Journal of Corporate Finance. Before joining ESCP, he was Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Passau, where he also completed his Habilitation (post-doctoral university degree with lecture qualification). He has also been a visiting lecturer of finance at EDHEC Business School. He holds a PhD in Finance from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and a Master’s in Business Administration from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU).

PUBLICATIONS

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15 publications

Academic Articles

2024

BUCHNER, A., E. SAKIOTIS

Value-add and portfolio construction strategies in venture capital: a case study approach on investor perceptions

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURING, 16 (1), 31-68

Academic Articles

2024

BUCHNER, A., P. HELBING, A. MOHAMED, D. YOON

Historical Military Conflict and Cross-Border VC Performance: The Role of Ownership Control

BRITISH JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT, 35 (2), 992-1013

Academic Articles

2024

BUCHNER, A., S. ESPENLAUB , A. KHURSED, A. MOHAMED

Private debt and the role of venture capital & private equity sponsors

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE, 70(1), 372-395

Academic Articles

2022

TAUSCH, C., A. BUCHNER, G. SCHLÜCHTERMANN

Modeling the exit cashflows of private equity fund investments

JOURNAL OF RISK, 24 (4), 47-71

Academic Articles

2020

BUCHNER, A., S. AMINI, C. X. CAI, A. MOHAMED

Why do firms manage their stock price levels?

JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS, INSTITUTIONS AND MONEY, 67, 101220

Academic Articles

2020

BUCHNER, A., A. MOHAMED, A. SCHWIENBACHER

Herd behaviour in buyout investments

JOURNAL OF CORPORATE FINANCE, 60

Academic Articles

2019

BUCHNER, A., A. MOHAMED, N. WAGNER

Are venture capital and buyout backed IPOs any different?

JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS, INSTITUTIONS AND MONEY, 60, 39-49

Academic Articles

2018

BUCHNER, A., S. ESPENLAUB, A. KHURSED , A. MOHAMED

Cross-border Venture-Capital Investments

JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES, 49 (5), 575-604

Academic Articles

2017

BUCHNER, A., A. MOHAMED, B. SAADOUNI

The association between profit forecasts in IPO prospectuses and earnings management

JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS, INSTITUTIONS AND MONEY, 51, 92-105

Academic Articles

2017

BUCHNER, A., N. WAGNER

Rewarding risk-taking or skill? The case of private equity fund managers

JOURNAL OF BANKING AND FINANCE, 40, 14-32

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Academic Articles

2024

Value-add and portfolio construction strategies in venture capital: a case study approach on investor perceptions

Academic Articles

2024

Historical Military Conflict and Cross-Border VC Performance: The Role of Ownership Control

Academic Articles

2024

Private debt and the role of venture capital & private equity sponsors

Academic Articles

2022

Modeling the exit cashflows of private equity fund investments

Academic Articles

2020

Why do firms manage their stock price levels?

Academic Articles

2020

Herd behaviour in buyout investments

Academic Articles

2019

Are venture capital and buyout backed IPOs any different?

Academic Articles

2018

Cross-border Venture-Capital Investments

Academic Articles

2017

The association between profit forecasts in IPO prospectuses and earnings management

Academic Articles

2017

Rewarding risk-taking or skill? The case of private equity fund managers

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