National distances, international experience, and venture capital investment performance

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 471-489

  Li, Yong ^a   Vertinsky, Ilan B ^b   Li, Jing ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cultural distance; Exit; Institutional distance; International experience; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901283964     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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