Venture capitalists' non-financial value-added: An evaluation of the evidence and implications for research

Venture Capital

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-53

  Large, David ^a   Muegge, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

New venture success; NFVA; Non financial contributions; Non financial value added; VC exit success; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 36949014092     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: 14645343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691060701605488     Document Type: Article

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