Missing the target: Assessing the role of government in bridging the European equity gap and enhancing economic growth

Venture Capital

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 7-23

  Lawton, Thomas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Economic growth; Equity gap; EU policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011195867     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: 14645343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691060110064246     Document Type: Article

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