False expectations: Reconsidering the role of informal venture capital in closing the regional equity gap

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-130

  Avdeitchikova, Sofia ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Capital flows; Equity gap; Informal venture capital; Regional economic development

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; CAPITAL FLOW; CAPITAL MARKET; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; EQUITY; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INFORMAL SECTOR; INVESTMENT INCENTIVE; INVESTMENT LOCATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 67650281742     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985620802025962     Document Type: Article

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