The rise of venture capital centres in China: A spatial and network analysis

Geoforum

Volumn 75, Issue , 2016, Pages 148-158

  Pan, Fenghua ^a   Zhao, Simon X B ^b   Wójcik, Dariusz ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beijing; Initial public offering; Institutional context; Shanghai; Shenzhen; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; CAPITAL FORMATION; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; JOINT VENTURE; NETWORK ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; GUANGDONG; SHANGHAI; SHENZHEN; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 84979009488     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2016.07.013     Document Type: Article

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