Experience, contractual covenants and venture capitalists' responses to unmet expectations

Venture Capital

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 297-318

  Parhankangas, Annaleena ^a   Landström, Hans ^b   Smith, D Gordon ^c  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 28144455342     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691060500120929     Document Type: Article

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