Venture capital investment practices in Europe and the United States

Financial Markets and Portfolio Management

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 195-217

  Schwienbacher, Armin ^a,b  

^a LOUVAIN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Belgium)

^b University of Amsterdam Business School   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Convertible securities; Stage financing; Start up; Syndication; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 49149122676     PISSN: 15554961     EISSN: 1555497X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11408-008-0080-z     Document Type: Review

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