Assessing the impact of public venture capital programmes in the United Kingdom: Do regional characteristics matter?

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 205-226

  Munari, Federico ^a   Toschi, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Public policies; Regional characteristics; United Kingdom; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925214426     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2014.07.009     Document Type: Article

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