The relationship between slack resources and the performance of entrepreneurial firms: The role of venture capital and angel investors

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1070-1096

  Vanacker, Tom ^a   Collewaert, Veroniek ^b   Paeleman, Ine ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Angel financing; Entrepreneurship; Firm performance; Slack resources; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882287869     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joms.12026     Document Type: Article

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