Allocation of attention to portfolio companies and the performance of venture capital firms

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 185-206

  Jääskeläinen, Mikko ^a,c   Maula, Markku ^a   Seppä, Tuukka ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP   (United States)

^c NONE   (Finland)

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EID: 33644789788     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2006.00117.x     Document Type: Article

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