Why do contracts differ between venture capital types?

Small Business Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 511-525

  Hirsch, Julia ^a   Walz, Uwe ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD IBEROAMERICANA   (Mexico)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contract design; Corporate governance; Matching; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873746603     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-011-9388-6     Document Type: Article

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