Building relationships early: Banks in venture capital

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 513-541

  Hellmann, Thomas ^a   Lindsey, Laura ^b   Puri, Manju ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 41549118940     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhm080     Document Type: Article

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