The Advantage of Experienced Start-Up Founders in Venture Capital Acquisition: Evidence from Serial Entrepreneurs
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- Junfu Zhang, 2011. "The advantage of experienced start-up founders in venture capital acquisition: evidence from serial entrepreneurs," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 36(2), pages 187-208, February.
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Keywords
firm-founding experience; serial entrepreneur; venture capital;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- M13 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - New Firms; Startups
- G24 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Investment Banking; Venture Capital; Brokerage
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BEC-2007-09-02 (Business Economics)
- NEP-CSE-2007-09-02 (Economics of Strategic Management)
- NEP-ENT-2007-09-02 (Entrepreneurship)
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