Conflict between the VC and entrepreneur: The entrepreneur's perspective

Venture Capital

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 109-126

  Zacharakis, Andrew ^a   Erikson, Truls ^b   George, Bradley ^a  

^a BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Confidence in partner cooperation; Conflict; Entrepreneur; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951284263     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: 14645343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691061003771663     Document Type: Article

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