Financing innovation: The role of norwegian venture capitalists in financing knowledge-intensive enterprises

European Planning Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1143-1161

  Langeland, Ove ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR URBAN AND REGIONAL RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INNOVATION; INVESTMENT; JOINT VENTURE; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 34548348333     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654310701529029     Document Type: Article

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