The informal venture capital market in Norway — investor characteristics, behaviour and investment preferences

Venture Capital

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 129-141

  Reitan, Björnar ^a   Sörheim, Roger ^b  

^a Ernst and Young Consulting   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Early stage finance; Informal investors; Informal venture capital; Investment preferences; Investor characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011222643     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: 14645343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/136910600295747     Document Type: Article

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