Is it worth it? The rates of return from informal venture capital investments

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 211-236

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business angels; Business failure; Capital gains tax; Harvest; Investment performance; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042293653     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-9026(00)00060-4     Document Type: Article

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