Differential influence of blogs across different stages of decision making: The case of venture capitalists

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1093-1112

  Aggarwal, Rohit ^a   Singh, Harpreet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Blogs; Choice stage; Contract stage; Econometric analysis; IT ventures; Multistage decision making; Screening stage; UGC; VC funding; Venture capital; WOM

Indexed keywords

BLOGS; INVESTMENTS; MANAGERS;

ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS; IT VENTURES; MULTISTAGE DECISION MAKING; VC FUNDING; VENTURE CAPITAL;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84887483901     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: 21629730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.25300/MISQ/2013/37.4.05     Document Type: Article

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