Does Syndication With Local Venture Capitalists Moderate the Effects of Geographical and Institutional Distance?

Journal of International Management

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 406-420

  Tykvová, Tereza ^a,b   Schertler, Andrea ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

^c LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

F21; G24; Geographical and institutional distance; Internationalization; Moderating effect; Syndication rationale; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912090140     PISSN: 10754253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2014.09.001     Document Type: Article

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