Interorganizational commitment in syndicated cross-border venture capital investments

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 273-298

  Mäkelä, Markus M ^a   Maula, Markku V J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

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EID: 33644798374     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2006.00121.x     Document Type: Article

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