Performance persistence in entrepreneurship

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-32

  Gompers, Paul ^a,b   Kovner, Anna ^c   Lerner, Josh ^a   Scharfstein, David ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

New ventures; Private equity; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 77049096685     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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