The first step of the capital flow from institutions to entrepreneurs: The criteria for sorting venture capital funds

European Financial Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 532-559

  Groh, Alexander Peter ^a   von Liechtenstein, Heinrich ^b  

^a EMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asset allocation; Entrepreneurial finance; Institutional investor; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957555019     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-036X.2010.00583.x     Document Type: Article

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