El contexto inversor informal: especificidades del segmento de los business angels
Year: 2013
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Informal investors play a key role to meet the financing needs\nof business projects in early stages. However, this is a group in which there are\ndifferent kinds and ways of dealing with investment. One of these profiles is\nassociated with the figure known as business angel, whose main distinguishing\nfeature is its ability to add smart capital in the form of knowledge, experience\nand contacts. The aim of this paper is to determine to what extent the specific\nprofile of business angels differ from the rest of informal investors. With a sample\nof over 800 informal investors in Spain, the empirical results of this study\nshow that the higher income, skills and entrepreneurial training and the less family\nties to the entrepreneur, the greater the probability of belonging to business\nangel investment group.
Authors: Jon Hoyos Iruarrizaga, María Sáiz Santos
Institution: University of the Basque Country
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Finance
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1878729023