Attracting cross-border venture capital: The role of a local investor

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 237-257

  Mäkelä, Markus M ^a   Maula, Markku V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cross border investment readiness; Cross border venture capital; International social capital

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FORMATION; CROSS-BORDER RELATIONS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INVESTMENT LOCATION; LABOR DIVISION; MARKET CONDITIONS; MODEL; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

EID: 42449123076     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985620701795442     Document Type: Article

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