Venture Capital and Other Private Equity: A Survey

European Financial Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 619-654

  Metrick, Andrew ^a   Yasuda, Ayako ^b  

^a YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative assets; Buyouts; Private equity; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051688508     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-036X.2011.00606.x     Document Type: Review

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