Trademarks and venture capital valuation

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 525-542

  Block, Joern H ^a,b   De Vries, Geertjan ^c   Schumann, Jan H ^d   Sandner, Philipp ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PASSAU   (Germany)

^e TUM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial marketing; Intellectual property; Trademarks; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901279086     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2013.07.006     Document Type: Article

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