Financial contracting with strategic investors: Evidence from corporate venture capital backed IPOs

Journal of Financial Intermediation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 599-631

  Masulis, Ronald W ^a   Nahata, Rajarishi ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate venture capital; Financial contracting; Product market relationships; Strategic investing; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349089695     PISSN: 10429573     EISSN: 10960473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfi.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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