Angles on angels and venture capital: Financing entrepreneurial ventures

Financing Economic Development in the 21st Century

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 224-244

  Freear, John ^a   Sohl, Jeffrey E ^a,b  

^a Center for Venture Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

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EID: 84937035327     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315704326-19     Document Type: Chapter

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