Venture capital programmes in the UK and Germany: In what sense regional policies?

Regional Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 255-273

  Sunley, Peter ^a   Klagge, Britta ^b   Berndt, Christian ^c   Martin, Ron ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EICHSTÄTT INGOLSTADT   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Britain; Germany; Policy; Regions; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

CREDIT PROVISION; INVESTMENT; REGIONAL POLICY; REGIONALIZATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 18044382499     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0034340052000321913     Document Type: Article

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