The author offers while conductingthe Due Diligence innovative investment projects to give special attention to the following peculiarities: the difficulty of predicting the sales (proceeds), special attention to the team and to intellectual property and others.
innovative investment project, innovation and investment, Due Diligence of innovative investment projects: operational, legal, financial and technical
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