Does governmental venture capital spur invention and innovation? Evidence from young European biotech companies

Research Policy

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 925-935

  Bertoni, Fabio ^a   Tykvová, Tereza ^b,c  

^a EMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Governmental venture capital; Independent venture capital; Innovation; Invention; Patenting

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENTS;

BIOTECH COMPANY; PATENTING; STAND -ALONE; VENTURE CAPITAL;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 84925765951     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2015.02.002     Document Type: Article

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