Cross-border private equity syndication: Institutional context and learning

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-48

  Meuleman, Miguel ^a,b   Wright, Mike ^b  

^a VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Institutional theory; Internationalization; Organizational learning; Private equity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049300967     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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