The impact of venture capital on the productivity growth of European entrepreneurial firms: 'Screening' or 'value added' effect?

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 489-510

  Croce, Annalisa ^a   Martí, José ^b   Murtinu, Samuele ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial firms; Imprinting effect; Screening; Value added; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878012955     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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