Do vcs matter? the importance of owners on performance variance in start-up firms

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 387-404

  Fitza, Markus ^a,b   Matusik, Sharon F ^a   Mosakowski, Elaine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Governance; Start up firms; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEURSHIP; FIRM PERFORMANCE; GOVERNANCE; MANAGEMENT COMPONENTS; START-UP FIRMS; START-UPS; TWO COMPONENTS; VENTURE CAPITAL; VENTURE CAPITAL FIRMS;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 65449139158     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.748     Document Type: Article

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