Human capital theory and venture capital firms: Exploring "home runs" and "strike outs"

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-21

  Dimov, Dimo P ^a   Shepherd, Dean A ^b  

^a IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bankruptcy; Human capital; Initial public offering; Venture capital firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 8144229493     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2003.12.007     Document Type: Article

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