Venture capital investment strategy and portfolio failure rate: A longitudinal study

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 207-223

  Dimov, Dimo ^a   De Clercq, Dirk ^b  

^a IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 33644794163     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2006.00118.x     Document Type: Article

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