Handbook of research on business angels

Business angels are recognized as playing a key role in financing the start-up and early stages of new ventures. However, our knowledge of how business angels operate remains limited and highly fragmented. This Handbook provides a synthesis of research on business angels. It adopts an international...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Landström, Hans
Other Authors: Mason, C. M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Northampton, MA Edward Elgar Pub. 2016, c. 2016
Series:Handbooks in venture capital
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Collection: Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • definitional and data challenges / Colin Mason
  • 3. The economic significance of business angels: towards comparable indicators / Sofia Avdeitchikova and Hans Landström
  • 4. Categorisations of business angels: an overview / Roger Sørheim and Tiago Botelho
  • 5. Women business angels: theory and practice / Frances M. Amatucci
  • 6. Investment decision making by business angels / Andrew Maxwell
  • 7. Business angels as smart investors: a systematic review of the evidence / Diamanto Politis
  • 8. Angel-entrepreneur relationships: demytisfying their conflicts / Veroniek Collewaert
  • 9. Business angels in China: characteristics, policies and international comparison / Jiani Wang, Yi Tan and Manhong Liu
  • 10. Business angels in emerging economies: Southeast Asia / William Scheela
  • 11. Business angels in Sub-saharan Africa / David Lingelbach
  • 12. Business angels in develo
  • Includes bibliographical references and index