Venture capitalists as smart investors

Handbook of Research on Venture Capital: Volume 2: A Globalizing Industry

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 159-171

  Sørheim, Roger ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

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DOI: 10.4337/9781781009116.00015     Document Type: Chapter

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