Beyond venture capital: An exploratory study of the finance-innovation-policy nexus in cleantech

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 973-996

  Migendt, Michael ^a   Polzin, Friedemann ^a,b,c   Schock, Florian ^a   Täube, Florian A ^d,e   Flotow, Paschen von ^b  

^a EBS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Sustainable Business Institute (SBI)   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d European Management School ^*  (Germany)

^e SOLVAY BRUSSELS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; FINANCIAL POLICY; INNOVATION; INVESTMENT; TECHNOLOGY POLICY;

GERMANY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85038639588     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtx014     Document Type: Article

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