An institutional view of China's venture capital industry: Explaining the differences between China and the West

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 233-259

  Bruton, Garry D ^a   Ahlstrom, David ^b  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Institutional theory; Private equity; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037355895     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-9026(02)00079-4     Document Type: Article

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