Short-termism, long-termism, and regulatory focus in venture capitalists' investment decisions

Venture Capital

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-76

  Khanin, Dmitry ^a   Turel, Ofir ^a  

^a Cal State ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

escalation of commitment; long termism; regulatory focus; short termism; venture capitalists

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859598159     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: 14645343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691066.2012.666072     Document Type: Article

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