A comparison of business angel and venture capitalist investment procedure s: An agency theory-based analysis

Venture Capital

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 91-109

  Van Osnabrugge, Mark ^a  

^a Marakon Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Due diligence; Incomplete contracts approach; Investment process; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011163853     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: 14645343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/136910600295729     Document Type: Article

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