Venture capital in emerging economies: Networks and institutional change

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 299-320

  Ahlstrom, David ^a   Bruton, Garry D ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33644799969     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2006.00122.x     Document Type: Article

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