Entrepreneurial orientation inmanagement buy-outs and the contribution of venture capital

Venture Capital

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 147-168

  Bruining, Hans ^a   Wright, Mike ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial orientation; Governance; Management buy outs; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011249811     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: 14645343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691060110117427     Document Type: Article

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