Pre-seed government venture capital funds

Journal of International Entrepreneurship

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-56

  Cumming, Douglas ^a   Johan, Sofia ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Government; Public policy; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 60449085660     PISSN: 15707385     EISSN: 15737349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10843-008-0030-x     Document Type: Article

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