Firm Valuation in Venture Capital Financing Rounds: The Role of Investor Bargaining Power

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 500-530

  Heughebaert, Andy ^a   Manigart, Sophie ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bargaining power; Valuation; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859620260     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2012.02284.x     Document Type: Article

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