Business performance and angels presence: a fresh look from France 2008–2011

Small Business Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 339-356

  Levratto, Nadine ^a   Tessier, Luc ^b   Fonrouge, Cecile ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business angels; Equity investors; Firm growth; Quantile estimations

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010715729     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-016-9827-5     Document Type: Article

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