A multi-period game theoretic model of venture capitalists and entrepreneurs

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 440-453

  Elitzur, Ramy ^a   Gavious, Arieh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurs; Finance; Game theory; Optimal contracts; Venture capitalists

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; FINANCE; GAME THEORY; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS;

VENTURE CAPITALISTS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0037448274     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(02)00144-3     Document Type: Article

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