Venture Capital Financing of Entrepreneurship: Theory, Empirical Evidence and a Research Agenda

The Blackwell Handbook of Entrepreneurship

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 259-281

  Amit, Raphael ^a   Brander, James ^a   Zott, Christoph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

Data set; Future research agenda; Investments; Literature review; Statistical overview; Venture capital finance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85046052273     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781405164214.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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