Portfolio investment strategies in the finnish venture capital industry: A longitudinal study

Venture Capital

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 41-62

  De Clercq, Dirk ^a   Goulet, Philip K ^b   Kumpulainen, Mikko ^c   Mäkelä, Manu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Diversification; Portfolio investment strategy; Risk; Specialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011233096     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: 14645343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/136910601300050339     Document Type: Article

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