Reassessing the relationships between private equity investors and their portfolio companies

Small Business Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 479-492

  Manigart, Sophie ^a   Wright, Mike ^b,c  

^a VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Business angels; Future research; Investor heterogeneity; Overview; Private equity; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873749284     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-011-9387-7     Document Type: Article

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