Assessment of government funding of business angel networks in flanders

Regional Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 119-130

  Collewaert, Veroniek ^a   Manigart, Sophie ^b   Aernoudt, Rudy ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Business angels; Economic development; Market failure; Policy; Risk capital

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; CAPITAL; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INVESTMENT; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

EID: 77649140804     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400802070860     Document Type: Article

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