Venture capital in China: Past, present, and future

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 247-268

  Ahlstrom, David ^a   Bruton, Garry D ^b   Yeh, Kuang S ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

China; Emerging economies; Entrepreneurship; Institutional theory; Transition economy; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547299405     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-006-9032-1     Document Type: Article

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