Entrepreneurial learning and the role of venture capitalists

Venture Capital

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 165-181

  Berglund, Henrik ^a,b   Hellström, Tomas ^b   Sjölander, Sören ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial learning; Hermeneutics; Hypothesis testing; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547249281     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: 14645343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691060701324445     Document Type: Article

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