Venture boards: Distinctive monitoring and implications for firm performance

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 90-108

  Garg, Sam ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84878635190     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amr.2010.0193     Document Type: Article

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