Determinants of Long-Distance Investing by Business Angels

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Richard Harrison

University of Edinburgh - Business School

Colin M. Mason

University of Glasgow - Adam Smith Business School

Paul Robson

Durham Business School

Date Written: 2003

Abstract

This study examined the impact of distance on business angel investing in the UK. It identified a number of significant relationships between deal characteristics and the distance between the investor and the business. Investments in technology-based ventures, those involving co-investors and those located in the economic core regions of the UK are more likely to be proximate investments, and larger investments are more likely to be longer distance investments.

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

JEL Classification: M13

Suggested Citation

Harrison, Richard T. and Mason, Colin M. and Robson, Paul, Determinants of Long-Distance Investing by Business Angels (2003). Babson College, Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BKERC), 2002-2006, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1782229

Richard T. Harrison (Contact Author)

University of Edinburgh - Business School ( email )

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Colin M. Mason

University of Glasgow - Adam Smith Business School ( email )

Glasgow, Scotland
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Paul Robson

Durham Business School ( email )

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Durham, Durham DH1 3LB
United Kingdom

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