High-tech incubators in transition economies: a case study of iPark, a venture capital backed internet holding company

International Journal of Technoentrepreneurship

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-34

  Klonowski, Darek ^a  

^a BRANDON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

high tech incubators; incubators; internet companies; Poland; transition economies; venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855927167     PISSN: 17465370     EISSN: 17465389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTE.2007.013269     Document Type: Article

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