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Strategic alliances by venture capital backed firms: an empirical examination

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  • Haizhi Wang
  • Robert Wuebker
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  • Michael Ensley

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  • Haizhi Wang & Robert Wuebker & Shu Han & Michael Ensley, 2012. "Strategic alliances by venture capital backed firms: an empirical examination," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 38(2), pages 179-196, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:sbusec:v:38:y:2012:i:2:p:179-196
    DOI: 10.1007/s11187-009-9247-x
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    Keywords

    Strategic alliances; Resource-based theory; Venture capital; D74; G24; L26; Q55;
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    JEL classification:

    • D74 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
    • G24 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Investment Banking; Venture Capital; Brokerage
    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
    • Q55 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Technological Innovation

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