Venture Capital, the Regions and Public Policy: The United Kingdom since the Post-2000 Technology Crash;Le capital-risque, les régions et la politique publique: le Royaume-Uni depuis le krach technologique de l'après-2000

Regional Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1156-1171

  Mason, Colin ^a   Pierrakis, Yannis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b National Endowment for Science   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Regional policy; Regions; Small and medium sized enterprises; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; CAPITAL FORMATION; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INVESTMENT LOCATION; REGIONAL POLICY; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84922687309     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2011.588203     Document Type: Article

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