Determinants of required return in venture capital investments: A five-country study

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 291-312

  Manigart, Sophie ^a   De Waele, Koen ^a   Wright, Mike ^b   Robbie, Ken ^b   Desbrières, Philippe ^c   Sapienza, Harry J ^d   Beekman, Amy ^e  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversification; Required return; Specialization; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041291893     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-9026(00)00067-7     Document Type: Article

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