The allocation of control rights in venture capital contracts

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-76

  Hellmann, Thomas ^a  

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EID: 0032387703     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2555816     Document Type: Article

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