The venture capitalist and the board of directors in SMEs: Roles and processes

Venture Capital

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 125-146

  Gabrielsson, Jonas ^a   Huse, Morten ^b  

^a HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KIFO Centre for Church Research   (Norway)

Author keywords

Board involvement; Venture capital backed firms; Working relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011195632     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: 14645343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691060110094397     Document Type: Article

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