Firm experience and market entry by venture capital firms (1962-2004)

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 130-161

  Dimov, Dimo ^a   Martin De Holan, Pablo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

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EID: 70449657237     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00869.x     Document Type: Article

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