Is there a puzzle in the failure of venture capital backed portfolio companies?

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 1439-1452

  Abdoua, Khaled ^a   Varela, Oscar ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; FINANCIAL MARKET; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; JOINT VENTURE; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; LOGIT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 70349574867     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: 14664305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603100902837087     Document Type: Article

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