The importance of venture capital for high-tech development experiences from The Netherlands and Israel

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-49

  Nijkamp, Peter ^a   Guldemond, Cher ^a   Teelen, Hugo ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

entrepreneurship start up; innovation; twinning; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 38649126734     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2004.004500     Document Type: Article

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