What do we mean when we talk about business angels? Some reflections on definitions and sampling

Venture Capital

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 371-394

  Avdeitchikova, Sofia ^a   Landström, Hans ^a   Månsson, Nils ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Business angels; Informal investors; Methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049151672     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: 14645343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691060802351214     Document Type: Article

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