Informal investors as entrepreneurs

Technovation

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 321-333

  Landström, Hans ^a  

^a HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MARKETING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CONJOINT MODEL; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; INVESTMENT;

FINANCE;

EID: 0032058426     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4972(98)00001-7     Document Type: Article

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