Upper echelons and portfolio strategies of venture capital firms

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 558-572

  Patzelt, Holger ^a   zu Knyphausen Aufseß, Dodo ^b   Fischer, Heiko T ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Early stage focus; Education; Experience; Geographic scope; Portfolio diversification; Top management team

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949106225     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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