Venture capitalist monitoring: Evidence from governance structures

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 265-282

  Campbell II, Terry L ^a   Frye, Melissa B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Governance; IPO; Venture capitalist

Indexed keywords

EID: 64649084868     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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