Venture capital and corporate governance in the newly public firm

Review of Finance

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 429-480

  Hochberg, Yael V ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84858267773     PISSN: 15723097     EISSN: 1573692X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rof/rfr035     Document Type: Review

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