Investment Motivations and UK Business Angels’ Appetite for Risk Taking: The Moderating Role of Experience

Volume: 31, Issue: 4, Pages: 728 - 751
Published: Aug 13, 2019
Abstract
In this paper we use a large UK survey of business angels (BAs) investing in two different publicly supported schemes to directly question the role that investment motivations play in shaping investors’ appetite for risk. We dive deeper into the relationship between investment reasons and risk taking, by exploring the potential for a moderating effect derived from BAs’ past experience (i.e. financial and entrepreneurial experience). Our analysis...
Paper Details
Title
Investment Motivations and UK Business Angels’ Appetite for Risk Taking: The Moderating Role of Experience
Published Date
Aug 13, 2019
Volume
31
Issue
4
Pages
728 - 751
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