Who are the active investors?. Evidence from venture capital

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 488-512

  Bottazzi, Laura ^a,b   Da Rin, Marco ^b,c,d   Hellmann, Thomas ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d European Corporate Governance Institute   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Financial intermediation; Human capital; Investor activism; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 52249110645     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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