What factors determine the use of venture capital? Evidence from the Irish software sector

Entrepreneurship and the Financial Community: Starting up and Growing New Businesses

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 91-101

  Hogan, Teresa ^a   Hutson, Elaine ^b  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b Elaine Hutson University College Dublin   (Ireland)

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