Venture capital: Rationale, aims and scope

Venture Capital

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-46

  Mason, Colin M ^a   Harrison, Richard T ^a  

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EID: 85011145280     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: 14645343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/136910699295974     Document Type: Editorial

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