{"product_id":"9781441950284","title":"Informal Venture Capital: Investors, Investments and Policy Issues in Finland","description":"\u003ch1\u003eInformal Venture Capital: Investors, Investments and Policy Issues in Finland\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eLumme, Annareetta; Mason, Colin; Suomi, Markku\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eSmall businesses in virtually all industrialized countries find  it increasingly difficult to obtain finance from institutional  sources. Banks have become more risk-averse; venture capital funds,  previously of only marginal significance, are now often concentrating  their investments on established companies; and management buyouts and  buyins and pressures to reduce government spending have resulted in a  reduction in public policy initiatives. In this context there is a  growing interest in the role of the informal venture capital market as  an alternative source of risk finance for small business. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cem\u003eInformal Venture Capital: Investors, Investments and Policy Issues  in\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eFinland\u003c\/em\u003e investigates the phenomenon of `business angels'  - wealthy private individuals who invest in small businesses  - who are increasingly recognized throughout the developed  world as representing the most important source of venture capital for  entrepreneurial businesses in their start-up and early growth stages.  This volume answers key questions about these investors, and  contributes significant new evidence on aspects of the informal  venture capital market which have not been examined in previous  studies. It further provides an authoritative assessment of the  effectiveness of policy initiatives to stimulate the supply of  informal venture capital, based on the experiences in Finland.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2010-12-03\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e ISBN-10: 9781441950284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781441950284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-1-4757-2785-2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 178\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44358601441420,"sku":"9781441950284","price":98.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781441950284_e8fc8bb5-d9e1-459c-90d5-acbf228d231a.jpg?v=1755109450","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781441950284","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}