Financing innovation: Venture capital investments in biotechnology firms

International Journal of Technology Marketing

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 355-377

  Rossi, Matteo ^a   Thrassou, Alkis ^b   Vrontis, Demetris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Biotech firms; Capitalisation; Financing innovation; Innovative product developments; Investment; Italy; Strategic marketing; Technology; Value creation; VC; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865385165     PISSN: 1741878X     EISSN: 17418798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTMKT.2011.045914     Document Type: Article

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