Abstract：Foreign studies have had diverse discussions on behavior,organization and public policy of business angel.While domestic research on business angel is still in its infancy.This article mainly discusses about the market scale of business angel and its relationship with venture capital in China.Firstly,this article defines what is business angel and the scope of it;then selects the appropriate sampling and estimation methods within the actual situation in China to estimate the market scale of business angel in China.Also,it makes analysis on background characteristics and behavioral characteristics of angel groups in China according to the actual research data
谈毅,杨晔,孙 革. 中国天使投资市场规模、特征与发展[J]. 中国科技论坛, 2015(9): 115-120.
Tan Yi,Yang Ye,Sun Ge. The Market Scale,Characteristics and Development of Business Angel in China. , 2015(9): 115-120.
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