The impact of the institutional environment on the venture capital industry in Singapore

Venture Capital

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 197-218

  Bruton, Garry D ^a   Ahlstrom, David ^b   Singh, Kulwant ^c  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Institutional theory; Private equity; Singapore; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347792471     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: 14645343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691060213712     Document Type: Article

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