Venture Capital Exit Rights

Journal of Economics and Management Strategy

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1071-1116

  Bienz, Carsten ^a   Walz, Uwe ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 78649620667     PISSN: 10586407     EISSN: 15309134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9134.2010.00278.x     Document Type: Article

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