Business angels in Germany: A research note

Venture Capital

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 251-268

  Brettel, Malte ^a  

^a WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Business angels; Equity finance; Equity gap; Investments; SMEs; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344197724     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369106032000122095     Document Type: Article

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