Smart capital in German start-ups - An empirical analysis

Venture Capital

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-183

  Schafer, Dorothea ^a   Schilder, Dirk ^b  

^a DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Banks; Smart capital; Start up financing; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149165617     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: 14645343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691060802525304     Document Type: Article

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