Requisite expertise, firm reputation, and status in venture capital investment allocation decisions

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 481-502

  Dimov, Dimo ^a   Shepherd, Dean A ^b   Sutcliffe, Kathleen M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Investment selection; Reputation; Status; TMT expertise; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947242754     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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