The role of advisors in the venture capital investment process

Venture Capital

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 229-254

  Lehtonen, Oskari ^a   Lahti, Tom ^a  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Advisory firms; Equity gap; Investment process; Investment readiness; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149166578     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: 14645343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691060902972851     Document Type: Article

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