Venture capital investment duration in Canada and the United States

Journal of Multinational Financial Management

Volumn 11, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 445-463

  Cumming, Douglas J ^a   MacIntosh, Jeffrey G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exit strategy; G24; G28; G32; G38; Investment duration; K22; Regulation; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013118759     PISSN: 1042444X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1042-444X(01)00034-2     Document Type: Article

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