How venture capital became a component of the US national system of innovation

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1677-1723

  Kenney, Martin ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

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CAPITAL; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; PERCEPTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 82955173649     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtr061     Document Type: Article

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