Which venture capital selection criteria distinguish high-flyer investments?

Venture Capital

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-52

  Streletzki, Jan Georg ^a   Schulte, Reinhard ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

exit success; high flyer; new venture performance; selection criteria; venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874644530     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: 14645343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691066.2012.724232     Document Type: Article

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