Business Angel Networks and the Development of the Informal Venture Capital Market in the U.K.: Is There Still a Role for the Public Sector?

Small Business Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 111-123

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031527589     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007915705508     Document Type: Article

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