Unraveling the mechanisms of reputation and alliance formation: A study of venture capital syndication in China

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 739-750

  Gu, Qian ^a   Lu, Xiaohui ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

alliance; China; foreign and domestic; institutional development; reputation

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENTS;

ALLIANCE; CHINA; FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REPUTATION;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84898887223     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2117     Document Type: Article

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