Venture capitalists' decision to syndicate

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-153

  Manigart, Sophie ^a,g   Lockett, Andy ^b   Meuleman, Miguel ^a   Wright, Mike ^b   Landström, Hans ^c   Bruining, Hans ^d   Desbrières, Philippe ^e   Hommel, Ulrich ^f  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT   (Sweden)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^f EBS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Germany)

^g European Business School ^*  (Belgium)

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EID: 33644801646     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2006.00115.x     Document Type: Article

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