'Cleantech' venture capital around the world

International Review of Financial Analysis

Volumn 44, Issue , 2016, Pages 86-97

  Cumming, Douglas ^a   Henriques, Irene ^a   Sadorsky, Perry ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cleantech; G24; Governance; Law and finance; Q42; Q55; Uncertainty avoidance; Venture Capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957657650     PISSN: 10575219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irfa.2016.01.015     Document Type: Article

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