Firm-level implications of early stage venture capital investment - An empirical investigation

Journal of Empirical Finance

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 150-167

  Engel, Dirk ^a   Keilbach, Max ^b  

^a RWI LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Firm demography; Firm growth; Firm start ups; Microeconometric evaluation methods; Patented inventions; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847265440     PISSN: 09275398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jempfin.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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