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A Policy Response to Regional Disparities in the Supply of Risk Capital to New Technology-based Firms in the European Union: The European Seed Capital Fund Scheme

Gordon C. Murray Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
Pages 405-419 | Published online: 25 Aug 2010

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