Do venture capitalists imitate portfolio size?

Financial Markets and Portfolio Management

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-94

  Gygax, André F ^a   Griffiths, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Credit Suisse group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Portfolio size; Venture capital; Venture capital fund interlocks

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846984279     PISSN: 15554961     EISSN: 1555497X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11408-006-0040-4     Document Type: Article

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