Financial intermediaries, ownership structure and the provision of venture capital to SMEs: Evidence from Japan

Small Business Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-92

  Cumming, Douglas ^a   Fleming, Grant ^b,c   Schwienbacher, Armin ^d,e  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b East Tower   (Japan)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Business School   (Netherlands)

^e LOUVAIN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Financial intermediation; Ownership structure; Private equity

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849134139     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-008-9106-1     Document Type: Article

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