Venture capitalist behaviours: Frameworks for future research

Venture Capital

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-183

  Valliere, Dave ^a   Peterson, Rein ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agency; Expected utility; Governance; Internet bubble; Prospect theory; Regret; Reputation; Signalling; Venture capitalists

Indexed keywords

EID: 18444362445     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691060500088076     Document Type: Article

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