When do venture capitalists collaborate? evidence on the driving forces of venture capital syndication

Small Business Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 417-431

  Hopp, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Syndication; Venture Capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855495756     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-008-9169-z     Document Type: Article

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