The escalation of commitment by venture capitalists in reinvestment decisions

Venture Capital

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 217-230

  Birmingham, Carolyn ^a   Busenitz, Lowell W ^b   Arthurs, Jonathan D ^b  

^a CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Escalation of commitment; Reinvestment decisions; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011128854     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: 14645343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369106032000116533     Document Type: Article

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