Cleantech venture investors and energy policy risk: An exploratory analysis of regulatory risk management strategies

Sustainable Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 290-309

  Bürer, Mary Jean ^a   Wüstenhagen, Rolf ^b,c  

^a Institute for Economy and the Environment ^*

^b Institute for Economy and the Environment   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 71549172289     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781848441552.00022     Document Type: Chapter

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