Dependent or independent? The performance contribution of board members in Italian venturebacked firms

Corporate Ownership and Control

Volumn 4, Issue 1 A, 2006, Pages 139-145

  Caselli, Stefano ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Closed end fund; Corporate governance; Independent member; IRR; Venture backed firm performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953018805     PISSN: 17279232     EISSN: 18103057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22495/cocv4i1p12     Document Type: Article

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