The financing of R&D and innovation

Handbook of the Economics of Innovation

Volumn 1, Issue 1 C, 2010, Pages 609-639

  Hall, Bronwyn H ^a,b   Lerner, Josh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cash flow; Financing; Innovation; Liquidity constraints; R D; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872370143     PISSN: 22108807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7218(10)01014-2     Document Type: Chapter

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