Venture capital investment selection: do patents attract investors?

Strategic Change

Volumn 19, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 325-342

  Nadeau, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85167512379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10991697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsc.879     Document Type: Article

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