Evolutionary interpretation of venture capital policy in Israel, Germany, UK and Scotland

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-112

  Avnimelech, Gil ^a   Rosiello, Alessandro ^b   Teubal, Morris ^c  

^a ONO ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; CAPITAL MARKET; ENTREPRENEUR; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INVESTMENT; TECHNOLOGY POLICY;

GERMANY; ISRAEL; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77951965352     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/030234210X489608     Document Type: Article

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