Quality signals? the role of patents, alliances, and team experience in venture capital financing

Research Policy

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1049-1064

  Hoenig, Daniel ^a   Henkel, Joachim ^a  

^a TUM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alliances; Patents; Signaling; Teams; Technology; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INVESTMENTS; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; SIGNALING;

ALLIANCES; PATENTS; TEAMS; TECHNOLOGICAL QUALITIES; TRANSACTION DATA; VENTURE CAPITAL; VENTURE CAPITAL FINANCINGS; VENTURE CAPITALISTS;

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 84926421534     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2014.11.011     Document Type: Article

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