Opening up the investor-investee dyad: Syndicates, teams, and networks

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-130

  Lockett, Andy ^a   Ucbasaran, Deniz ^a   Butler, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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EID: 33644808638     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2006.00114.x     Document Type: Editorial

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