What matters, matters differently: a conjoint analysis of the decision policies of angel and venture capital investors

Venture Capital

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-25

  Hsu, Dan K ^a   Haynie, J Michael ^b   Simmons, Sharon A ^c   McKelvie, Alexander ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

agency theory; angel investors; conjoint analysis; decision making; venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890432547     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: 14645343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691066.2013.825527     Document Type: Article

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