Entrepreneurial high-tech cluster development: Israel's experience with venture capital and technological incubators

European Planning Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1181-1198

  Avnimelech, Gil ^a   Schwartz, Dafna ^a   Bar El, Raphael ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; ENTREPRENEUR; FINANCE; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INVESTMENT; JOINT VENTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 34548297005     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654310701529078     Document Type: Article

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