Who's going to provide the funding for high tech start-ups? A model for the analysis of determinants with a fuzzy approach

R and D Management

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 335-351

  Minola, Tommaso ^a   Giorgino, Marco ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

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EID: 43849094482     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: 14679310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2008.00518.x     Document Type: Article

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