Business angels in a changing economy: The case of Sweden

Venture Capital

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 281-301

  Månsson, Nils ^a   Landström, Hans ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Business angels; Deal flow; Economy; Investments; Taxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750120227     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: 14645343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691060600836275     Document Type: Article

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