The European Venture Capital and Private Equity country attractiveness indices

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-224

  Groh, Alexander Peter ^a,b   von Liechtenstein, Heinrich ^b   Lieser, Karsten ^b  

^a MONTPELLIER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alternative asset; International asset allocation; Private Equity; Venture Capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 76849111677     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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