Roepke lecture in economic geography venture capital in the "periphery": The new argonauts, global search, and local institution building

Economic Geography

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 379-394

  Saxenian, AnnaLee ^a   Sabel, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b The Earth Institute at Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Diaspora; High technology; Institutions; Regional economic; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; INVESTMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 58149377703     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2008.00001.x     Document Type: Article

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