Does acquiring venture capital pay off for the funded firms? A meta-analysis on the relationship between venture capital investment and funded firm financial performance

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 335-353

  Rosenbusch, Nina ^a   Brinckmann, Jan ^b   Müller, Verena ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^c JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Firm performance; Industry selection; Meta analysis; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875578390     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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