Friends, family, or fools: Entrepreneur experience and its implications for equity distribution and resource mobilization

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 525-543

  Kotha, Reddi ^a   George, Gerard ^b  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equity Distribution; Resources; Specific Experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860995526     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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