The economic impact of venture capital

Handbook of Research on Venture Capital: Volume 2: A Globalizing Industry

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 124-158

  Parhankangas, Annaleena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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