Size and focus of a venture capitalist's portfolio

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4643-4680

  Fulghieri, Paolo ^a   Sevilir, Merih ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 67749114905     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhp012     Document Type: Article

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