Trust Between Entrepreneurs and Angel Investors: Exploring Positive and Negative Implications for Venture Performance Assessments

Journal of Management

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1980-2008

  Bammens, Yannick ^a   Collewaert, Veroniek ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

angel financing; communication; entrepreneurship; trust; venture performance assessments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910084083     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206312463937     Document Type: Article

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