Malgré une impressionnante revue de la littérature consacrée au rôle de l’information pendant le processus de décision d’investissement en capital-risque, l’échange informationnel au sein des syndications et des réseaux des investisseurs n’était pas suffisamment abordé.Pour cette raison, nous avons dirigé notre recherche, dans un premier temps, vers l’exploration des données existantes sur notre thématique de recherche qui est l’industrie du capital-risque, et plus particulièrement les données traitant les problématiques de l’échange informationnel dans ce domaine. Dans un deuxième temps, l’objectif est d’éclaircir le rôle des réseaux et des syndications dans la limitation de l’ampleur de l’incertain au sein de l’industrie du capital-risque. En effet, l’analyse de la littérature existante sur le capital-risque nous permet de constater l’importance des réseaux des investisseurs et les syndications comme un vecteur d’échange informationnel au sein de cette industrie. Cependant, rares sont les études qui prennent en considération cette dimension au cours de la décision du financement. L’investissement capital-risque présume une évaluation de l’incertain dans un contexte d’asymétrie informationnel. La décision d’investissement s’appuie sur des informations du type formel et informel (Ferrary ; 2004). La relation contractuelle se transforme, en permettant la création des liens sociaux entre les investisseurs et les entrepreneurs, à un cadre formel d’un échange informationnel informel. Un autre échange informationnel entre les investisseurs, s’établit au sein des syndications qui se transforment à un lieu légal d’échange informel, réciproque et différé des informations.D’où l’appellation de notre travail : « L’échange informationnel : un outil de prise de décision au sein de l’industrie du capital-risque ; mise en évidence du rôle des réseaux des investisseurs et des syndications ».Et d’où la problématique suivante : « Quel est le rôle de l’échange informationnel au sein de l’industrie du capital-risque ? ».Apres avoir positionné notre problématique dans le contexte managérial approprie et la définition des concepts utilises dans l’étude (partie 1, chapitre 1), nous procédons ensuite à une tentative d’identification des besoins informationnels à l’intérieur de l’industrie du capital-risque en faisant appel à la littérature au deuxième chapitre au cours duquel nous émettons l’hypothèse suivante : les réseaux d’investisseurs et les syndications jouent un rôle très important dans le processus informationnel. Ces deux vecteurs d’échange informationnel influencent le processus de décision au sein de l’industrie du capital-risque (Partie 1, chapitre 2). / Despite an impressive review of the literature on the role of information during the process of investment decision in venture capital, informational exchange within networks and syndicated investors were not sufficiently addressed.For this reason, we conducted our research; a first step towards the exploration of existing data on our research topic is the venture capital industry, and more specifically data processing issues of informational exchange in this area.In a second step, the goal is to clarify the role of networks and syndicates in limiting the extent of uncertainty in the venture capital industry. Indeed, the analysis of the existing literature on venture capital, we can see the importance of networks of investors and syndications as a vector of informational exchange within the industry. However, there are few studies that take into account this dimension in the funding decision. The venture capital investment assumes an assessment of uncertainty in the context of informational asymmetry. The investment decision is based on information from both formal and informal (Ferrary, 2004). The contractual relationship is transformed, allowing the creation of social ties between investors and entrepreneurs, a formal framework for informal informational exchange. Another informational exchange between investors, stood in the syndications that convert to a legal place for informal exchange, reciprocal and delayed information.Hence the name of our work: "The informational exchange: a tool for decision making in the venture capital industry, highlighting the role of networks of investors and syndications."And where the following problem: "What is the role of informational exchange within the venture capital industry? ".After having set our problem in the managerial context and appropriate definition of the concepts used in the study (Part 1, Chapter 1), we then proceed to attempt to identify information needs within the venture capital industry venture involving literature in the second chapter, in which we put forward the following hypothesis: the networks of investors and syndications play a very important role in the information process. These two vectors informational exchange influence the decision-making process within the venture capital industry (Part 1, Chapter 2).

Family Meetings occur frequently in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) yet little data existed to guide clinicians in the conduct of these meetings. The medical team is required to deliver complex medical information and navigate complex decision-making with a traumatised family during a meeting. The objectives of this study were to describe the content and process of 15 whanau/family meetings in the PICU, identify family meeting characteristics and patient and family attributes that influence family satisfaction and recommend guidelines for health professionals working in the PICU. The study was conducted in a PICU in a university-affiliated children’s hospital in New Zealand (NZ). The process and content of 15 family meetings were analysed using a coding framework previously developed through a qualitative study of family meetings in the adult intensive care unit (Curtis, 2002a). A questionnaire providing a quantitative assessment of family satisfaction drawn from the same study was administered to 30 family members. Demographic data for the study were collected from the patient’s hospital record and these were combined with data relating to the meeting recording and transcript to identify family meeting characteristics and attributes that might influence family satisfaction. The content and process of family meetings in the PICU were described using a framework detailing 28 codes from the six domains: introductions, informational exchange, discussions of the future, decisions, discussions about death and dying, and closings. A comparison of family meeting characteristics and patient and family attributes revealed that longer meetings (40 minutes plus) were associated with lower family satisfaction and should therefore prompt clinicians to consider whether there are unresolved conflicts, difficulties or misunderstandings between the medical team and the family. Recommendations are proposed to guide health professionals in family meetings in the PICU. This is the first study to record and code the content of family meetings in the PICU. The findings from this study will assist clinicians in their meetings with families. The description of the family meeting content will also provide a foundation for future communication training and research in the health environment.