Legality and venture capital exits

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 214-245

  Cumming, Douglas ^a,d   Fleming, Grant ^b   Schwienbacher, Armin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Exits; IPO; Law and finance; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 31144465481     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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