Inflating the bubble: Examining dot-com investor behaviour

Venture Capital

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-22

  Valliere, Dave ^a   Peterson, Rein ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive decision making model; Escalating commitment; Internet bubble; Investment criteria; Venture capitalists

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842710009     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: 14645343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369106032000152452     Document Type: Article

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