Whom you know matters: Venture capital networks and investment performance

Journal of Finance

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 251-301

  Hochberg, Yael V ^a   Ljungqvist, Alexander ^b   Lu, Yang ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33846190557     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2007.01207.x     Document Type: Article

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