Screening and valuing venture capital investments: Evidence from hungary, poland and slovakia

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 203-224

  Karsai, Judit ^a   Wright, Mike ^b   Dudzinski, Zbigniew ^c   Morovic, Jan ^d  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c LUBLIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^d University of Bratislava   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Central and eastern europe; Privatization; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; INVESTMENT BEHAVIOUR; PRIVATISATION; VENTURE CAPITAL;

HUNGARY; POLAND; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 0031655741     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985629800000012     Document Type: Article

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