Experienced entrepreneurial founders, organizational capital, and venture capital funding

Research Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 722-741

  Hsu, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial founding experience; Human capital; Social capital; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INVESTMENTS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ENTREPRENEURIAL FOUNDING EXPERIENCE; HUMAN CAPITAL; SOCIAL CAPITAL; VENTURE CAPITAL;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 34249320473     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2007.02.022     Document Type: Article

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