Advice and monitoring in venture finance

Financial Markets and Portfolio Management

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-43

  Cumming, Douglas ^a   Johan, Sofia Atiquah Binti ^b,c  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC)   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Advice; Monitoring; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846957751     PISSN: 15554961     EISSN: 1555497X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11408-006-0041-3     Document Type: Article

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