The venture capitalist-entrepreneur relationship: Control, trust and confidence in co-operative behaviour?

Venture Capital

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 129-149

  Shepherd, Dean A ^a   Zacha, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Babson Park   (United States)

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EID: 85011186193     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: 14645343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691060110042763     Document Type: Article

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