Navigating Political Hazard Risks and Legal System Quality: Venture Capital Investments in Latin America

Journal of Management

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 808-840

  Khoury, Theodore A ^a   Junkunc, Marc ^b   Mingo, Santiago ^c  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD ADOLFO IBÁÑEZ   (Chile)

Author keywords

developing countries; entrepreneurship; institutions; Latin America; venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924538089     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206312453737     Document Type: Article

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