摘要：Purpose – Today one of the most significant obstruction in front of entrepreneurship is the finance related problems. In addition to classical sources of finance such as bank credit financing,public and financial sectors are developing alternative sources of financing to eliminate this problem. Considering that the entrepreneurs of today are making technology-based initiatives,venture capital stands out as an important and powerful alternative. In this context the objective of the study is to compare the venture capital and bank finance usage of the firms located in the first technopark of Turkey,namely METU (Middle East Technical University) Technopark and to determine the factors that affect the usage of these two sources of finance. Design/methodology/approach – In line with the aforementioned objective survey method is utilized in the study. In this context survey is delivered to 281 firms of 376 operating in METU Technopark. Out of this 281 firms,114 have accepted to participate in the survey. For the analysis of the data obtained through survey method SPSS and STATA software are utilized and descriptive statistics and Probit analysis are made. Findings – According to the findings of the research 58.8% of the firms use bank finance while 16.7% use venture capital. According to the results of the Probit analysis,the gender,age,trainings of.
其他摘要：Amaç – Günümüzde girişimciliğin önündeki en büyük engellerden biri finansman kaynaklı sıkıntılardır. Bu problemin bertaraf edilmesi için banka kredi finansmanı gibi klasik finansal kaynaklar dışında kamu ve finans sektörü alternatif finansman kaynakları g
关键词：Entrepreneurship;Entrepreneurship Financing;Finance Sources;Bank Finance;Venture Capital
