The Promise and Pitfalls of Venture Capital as an Asset Class for Clean Energy Investment: Research Questions for Organization and Natural Environment Scholars

Organization and Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-60

  Marcus, Alfred ^a   Malen, Joel ^a   Ellis, Shmuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

clean energy; Department of Energy; disruptive innovation; high tech; organizations and natural environment; pension funds; private equity; solar energy; storage; venture capital

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; ENERGY MARKET; FINANCIAL MARKET; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; INVESTMENT; PENSION SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 84875073778     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: 15527417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026612474956     Document Type: Review

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