Early teams: The impact of team demography on VC financing and going public

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 147-173

  Beckman, Christine M ^a   Burton, M Diane ^b   O'Reilly, Charles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Functional diversity; Top management teams; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845408173     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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