What determines the level of informal venture finance investment? Market clearing forces and gender effects

Small Business Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 467-484

  Burke, Andrew ^a   van Stel, André ^b   Hartog, Chantal ^b   Ichou, Abdel ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EIM Group   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Female business angels; Female entrepreneurship; Gender; Global Entrepreneurship Monitor; Informal investment; Venture finance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893945071     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-013-9518-4     Document Type: Article

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