Success in global venture capital investing: Do institutional and cultural differences matter?

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1039-1070

  Nahata, Rajarishi ^a   Hazarika, Sonali ^a   Tandon, Kishore ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 84908224820     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: 17566916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022109014000568     Document Type: Article

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