Selection and support strategies in venture capital financing: High-tech or low-tech, hands-off or hands-on?

Venture Capital

Volumn 6, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 105-123

  Jungwirth, Carola ^a   Moog, Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Generalist; Hands off support; Hands on support; Knowledge; Portfolio selection; Specialist; Venture capital financing

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142696933     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: 14645343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369106042000224703     Document Type: Article

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