The impact of contracts on trust in entrepreneur-venture capitalist relationships

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 811-831

  Strätling, Rebecca ^a   Wijbenga, Frits H ^a   Dietz, Graham ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agency theory; contracts; control; entrepreneurship; trust; venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859349258     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242610388822     Document Type: Article

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