Venture capital investment: The role of predator prey dynamics with learning by doing

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-19

  Brander, James A ^a   De Bettignies, Jean Etienne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concentration; Dynamics; Learning; Predator prey; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049145852     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438590701530066     Document Type: Article

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