Ready for funding? Entrepreneurial ventures and the pursuit of angel financing

Venture Capital

Volumn 14, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 111-129

  Brush, Candida G ^a   Edelman, Linda F ^b   Manolova, Tatiana S ^b  

^a BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BENTLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

angel investing; readiness; sequential logistical regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859712253     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: 14645343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691066.2012.654604     Document Type: Article

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