Multistage selection and the financing of new ventures

Management Science

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 220-232

  Eckhardt, Jonathan T ^a   Shane, Scott ^b   Delmar, Frédéric ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Evolutionary theory; Venture financing

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEURSHIP; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; VENTURE FINANCING;

COMPETITION; EMPLOYMENT; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

CONTRACTS;

EID: 33644663804     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1050.0478     Document Type: Article

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