Co-investment networks of business angels and the performance of their start-up investments

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 240-256

  Werth, Jochen Christian ^a   Boeert, Patrick ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP   (Germany)

Author keywords

Business angel; Entrepreneurship; Network; Social capital; Start up; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880966069     PISSN: 17425360     EISSN: 17425379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEV.2013.055292     Document Type: Conference Paper

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