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Going Abroad, Friends on Board: Cross-Border Venture Capital and Syndication Strategy in China

Cross-border venture capitals (CBVCs) are increasingly prevailing in recent decades, inter alia in emerging markets like China. The venture capital (VC) firms investing outside their home countries are faced with foreignness which is broadly regarded as liability. The primary aim of this article is...

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