CORPORATE VENTURE CAPITALISTS AND INDEPENDENT VENTURE CAPITALISTS: WHAT DO THEY KNOW, WHO DO THEY KNOW, AND SHOULD ENTREPRENEURS CARE?

International Studies in Entrepreneurship

Volumn 10, Issue , 2005, Pages 101-126

  Maula, Markku ^a   Autio, Erkko ^b   Murray, Gordon ^c  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Social Capital; Venture Capital Financing; Venture Capital Firm; Venture Capitalist; Young Firm

Indexed keywords

EID: 85146128029     PISSN: 15721922     EISSN: 21975884     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-24850-1_5     Document Type: Chapter

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