New venture legitimacy: the conditions for angel investors

Small Business Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 735-749

  Becker Blease, John R ^a   Sohl, Jeffrey E ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angel investors; Legitimacy; Top management teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946473563     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-015-9668-7     Document Type: Article

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