Business angel syndicates: An exploratory study of gatekeepers

Venture Capital

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 241-256

  Paul, Stuart ^a   Whittam, Geoff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business angel; Gatekeepers; Informal investment; Investment syndicates

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954933972     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: 14645343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691061003711438     Document Type: Article

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