A property rights perspective on venture capital investment decisions

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1248-1271

  Dimov, Dimo ^a   Gedajlovic, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 77957170991     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00905.x     Document Type: Article

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