Preplanned exit strategies in venture capital

European Economic Review

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1209-1241

  Cumming, Douglas ^a   Johan, Sofia Atiqah binti ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bargaining power; Contracts; Control rights; Governance; Law and finance; Preplanned exit

Indexed keywords

BARGAINING; CAPITAL; DATA ACQUISITION; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 53149124451     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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