Managing uncertainty through profit sharing contracts from medieval Italy to Silicon Valley

Journal of Management and Governance

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 237-255

  Brouwer, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Authority and decision making; Commitment; Entrepreneurship; Principal agent models; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 27544498070     PISSN: 13853457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10997-005-7420-4     Document Type: Review

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