The advantage of experienced start-up founders in venture capital acquisition: Evidence from serial entrepreneurs

Small Business Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 187-208

  Zhang, Junfu ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm founding experience; Serial entrepreneur; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651478688     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-009-9216-4     Document Type: Article

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