Foreign VCs and venture success: Evidence from China

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-35

  Humphery Jenner, Mark ^a   Suchard, Jo Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Cross border investment; Internationalization; IPOs; Private equity; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873586595     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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