Angel Investors and Their Investments

The Oxford Handbook of Entrepreneurial Finance

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  DeGennaro, Ramon P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angel investors; Expected returns; Financial parameters; Good deal; Investment process; Venture capitalists

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908222584     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195391244.013.0014     Document Type: Chapter

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