Venture investments in Israel - A regional perspective

European Planning Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 623-644

  Schwartz, Dafna ^a   Bar El, Raphael ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; INVESTMENT; JOINT VENTURE; METROPOLITAN AREA; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; REGIONAL PLANNING;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 34247191268     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654310701213905     Document Type: Article

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