An entrepreneur's guide to the venture capital galaxy

Academy of Management Perspectives

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 90-112

  De Clercq, Dirk ^a   Fried, Vance H ^b   Lehtonen, Oskari ^c   Sapienza, Harry J ^d,e  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^d Department of Strategic Management and Organization ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 33748329376     PISSN: 15589080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMP.2006.21903483     Document Type: Article

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