When do venture capital firms learn from their portfolio companies?

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 517-535

  De Clercq, Dirk ^a   Sapienza, Harry J ^a  

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EID: 27844556951     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2005.00096.x     Document Type: Article

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