Entrepreneurship and the Evolution of Angel Financial Networks

Organization Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 163-192

  Steier, Lloyd ^a   Greenwood, Royston ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angel investors; Entrepreneurship; Network evolution; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040362157     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840600211002     Document Type: Article

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