The influence of the venture capitalist's governance activities on the entrepreneurial firm's control systems and performance

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 257-277

  Wijbenga, Frits H ^a   Postma, Theo J B M ^b   Stratling, Rebecca ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33847063515     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2007.00172.x     Document Type: Article

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