Unique resources of corporate venture capitalists as a key to entry into rigid venture capital syndication networks

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-103

  Keil, Thomas ^a   Maula, Markku V J ^a   Wilson, Cameron ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 73549097096     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2009.00366.x     Document Type: Article

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