Cross-border venture capital and new venture Internationalization: An isomorphism perspective

Venture Capital

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 227-257

  Mäkelä, Markus M ^a   Maula, Markku V J ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cross border venture capital; Internationalization; Isomorphism; Legitimacy; Liability of foreignness

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144463958     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691060500258877     Document Type: Conference Paper

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