The interplay of need and opportunity in venture capital investment syndication

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 331-348

  Dimov, Dimo ^a   Milanov, Hana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Novel investments; Reputation; Status; Venture capital syndication

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952889863     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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