International patterns of ownership structure choices of start-ups: Does the quality of law matter?

Small Business Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 235-254

  Du, Qianqian ^a   Vertinsky, Ilan ^b  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University 211 West Huaihai Road   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Legal system; Ownership concentration; Start ups

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052034689     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-009-9237-z     Document Type: Article

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