Staging of venture financing, investor opportunism and patent law

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 33, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 939-960

  Bigus, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Convertible securities; Investor opportunism; Patent law; Stage financing; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749036003     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2006.00005.x     Document Type: Article

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