The impact of liability of foreignness on international venture capital firms in Singapore

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-97

  Lu, Qing ^a   Hwang, Peter ^b  

^a Logistics Institute   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Deal assessment; Deal evaluation; Deal origination; Liability of foreignness; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 75849134255     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-008-9125-0     Document Type: Article

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