Policy Reforms for Venture Capital in Europe

Science and Innovation Policy for the New Knowledge Economy

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 137-161

  Bertoni, Fabio ^a   Croce, Annalisa ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

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