Angel group members' decision process and rejection criteria: A longitudinal analysis

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 808-821

  Carpentier, Cécile ^a   Suret, Jean Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angel group; Business angel; Decision process; Experience; Financing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940792675     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2015.04.002     Document Type: Article

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