A review of sampling and definitional issues in informal venture capital research

Venture Capital

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 331-353

  Farrell, Ellen ^a   Howorth, Carole ^b   Wright, Mike ^c  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business angel; Definition; Entrepreneurial finance; Incorporation; Measurement; Personal ralationships; Policy; Sampling; Trends; Venture captial

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049139673     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: 14645343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691060802151986     Document Type: Article

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