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A Literature Review and Industry Analysis of Informal Investment in Canada: A Research Agenda on Angels

6. Bibliography

6.1 Refered and Academic Publications and Reports – CanadianFootnote 22

  • Aboud, F. (1997). Report to the Ottawa-Carleton Economic Development Corporation, Ottawa.
  • Amit, Glosten and Mueller (1993). Challenges to Theory Development in Entrepreneurship Research. The Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 30, Issue 5, p 815.
  • Amit, Glosten, and Muller (1990). Entrepreneurial Ability, Venture Investments, and Risk Sharing. Management Science, Vol. 36, Issue 10, p 1232.
  • Amit, Glosten, and Muller (1990). Does Venture Capital Foster the Most Promising Entrepreneurial Firms' California Management Review, Vol.32 Issue 3 p102.
  • Amit, Muller, and Cockburn (1995). Opportunity Costs and Entrepreneurial Activity. Journal of Business Venturing, Vol. 10, Issue 2, p 95.
  • Anonymous (1996). Venture Capital in OECD Countries. Financial Market Trends, Issue 63, p15.
  • Anonymous, (1993). Strategies for Expanding the Informal Venture Capital Market. International Small Business Journal, Vol. 11, Issue 4, p 23.
  • Atlantic Provinces Economic Council (1994). Equity Capital Investment: A Key to Entrepreneurial Expansion in Atlantic Canada.
  • Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (1999). The Personal Tax Planner Guide, Toronto: Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, 216 pages.
  • Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (2000). Federal Budget Commentary 2000: February 28, 2000. Toronto: Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, 20 pages.
  • Cleveland, P. (2000). Tax Strategies To Foster Early-Stage Investment In High-Technology Startup Companies In Canada. Brief submitted to Department of Finance, Ottawa, 4 pages.
  • Duxbury, L., Haines G., and Riding, A. (1996). A Personality Profile of Canadian Informal Investors. Journal of Small Business Management, Vol. 34, Issue 2, p 44.
  • Farrell, A.E. (2000). Habitual and novice angels. Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurial Research Conference (forthcoming). Boston.
  • Farrell, A.E. (2000). Informal Investment in Atlantic Canada: An Update on Regional Angels. Report to Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (forthcoming).
  • Farrell, A.E. (1998). Informal Venture Capital Investment in Atlantic Canada: A Representative View of Angels. Report to the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Moncton.
  • Farrell, A. E. (1999). Does Representative Sampling Methodology Really Increase Angel Density? Proceedings of the 44th World Conference of the International Conference of Small Business, Italy.
  • Farrell, A. E. (1997). Improving Sampling Procedures in Informal Investment Research: Towards a More Representative Angel. Proceedings 42 World Conference of the International Council on Small Business, San Francisco.
  • Gadbois, (1991). Stimulating the Use of Private Sector Venture Capital Financing in Atlantic Canada. Moncton: Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.
  • Gannon, M (1999). Oh, Canada: The Growth of the Venture Capital Industry is Making Slow But Steady Progress in the Great White North. Venture Capital Journal, p 41.
  • Harvey, D (1995). Closing the Regional Equity Capital Gap: The Role of Informal Venture Capital. International Small Business Journal, Vol. 14, Issue 1, p 91.
  •              (1997). Steps to Growth Capital. Ottawa: Industry Canada.
  • Jeffrey Macintosh, Legal and Institutional Barriers To Financing Innovative Enterprise In Canada, (TO: University and TO Press, 1994).
  • Knight (1985). Financing high-tech firms, Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Vol. 3, (1), pp 5 – 17.
  • Knight and Ferguson (1984). Success of Ontario's SPDC program, Journal of Small Business Vol 2, (1).
  • Langevoort, D.C. (1998). Angels on the Internet: The Elusive Promise of "Technological Disintermediation" for Unregistered Offerings of Securities. JSEBL, Vol. 2, Issue 1.
  • Lau, D. (1998). Canada's Institutions Return to the Venture Capital Market. Venture Capital Journal, p 1.
  • Lau, J (1998). Not Heaven, But Close. Canadian Business, Vol. 71, Issue 1, p 19.
  • Lionaise and Johnstone (1999). A Report on Informal Venture Capital in Cape Breton. Sydney: Enterprise Cape Breton.
  • Macdonald, M (1995). Financing Innovation in the Private Sector. Canada – United States Law Journal, Vol. 21, p 195, 8p.
  • Macintosh, J. (1994). Legal and Institutional Barriers to Financing Innovative Enterprise in Canada, (Toronto: University of Toronto Press).
  • Mahaffy, A.P. (2000). Dream Makers. CGA Magazine.
  • McCallum, S. (1996). McCallum Task Force on Small Business Financing. Report to the Ontario Securities Commission.
  • Navarre, J. (1986). Role of Match Making Networks in Financing Small Business. Report submitted to the Departments of Finance and Regional and Industrial Expansion, Ottawa.
  • Pavey, R.D. (1995). Venture Capital And Private Equity: Financing Innovation in the Private Sector. Canada – United States Law Journal, Vol. 21, p 203, 16p.
  • Riding, A., DalCin, P., Duxbury, L., Haines, G., and Safrata, R. (1993). Informal Investors in Canada: the Identification of Salient Characteristics. Report submitted to the Federal Department of Industry, Science and Technology and to the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Province of Ontario.
  • Riding, A., Haines, G., Duxbury, L., and Safrata, R. (1993). Informal Investors in Canada: The Identification of Salient Characteristics.
  • Riding, A.L. and Orser, B. (1997). Beyond the Banks: Creative Financing for Canadian Entrepreneurs, Toronto: Wiley and Sons, p 289.
  • Riding, A. and Short, D. M. (1988). On the Estimation of the Investment Potential of Informal Investors: A Capture/Recapture Approach. Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Vol. 5(5) p26.
  • Riding, A. and Short, D. M. (1987). Some Investor and Entrepreneur Perspectives on the Informal Market for Risk Capital. Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Vol. 5(2) p19.
  • Sharwood, G (1996). Financing Your Organization. CMA – The Accounting Magazine, Vol. 70, Issue 7, p 9.
  • Short, D.M. and Riding, A.L. (1989). Informal investors in the Ottawa Carleton Region: Experiences and expectations, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development Vol. 1, pp 99 – 112.
  • Suret, J.M., Arnoux, L. and Dorval, J.C. (1995). Informal Investment in Quebec, Report submitted to the Conseil de la Science et de la Technologie du Quebec.
  • "Venture Financing Seminar Series" (1995). Newfoundland and Labrador Chamber of Commerce.

6.2 Refered and Academic Publications and Reports – Non Canadian

  • Aram, J.D. 1989. Attitudes and behaviours of informal investors towards early stage-investments, technology-based ventures, and co-investors. Journal of Business Venturing 4:333-347.
  • Barney, J.B., Busenitz, L.W., Fiet, J.O., Moesel, D. (1994). "Determinants of a new venture team's receptivity to advice from venture capitalists," Frontiers in Entrepreneurship Research. pp 321-335.
  • Busentiz, L. W., Moesel, D. D. and Fiet, J. O. (1997). The impact of post-funding involvement by venture capitalists on long-term performance outcomes. Frontiers in Entrepreneurship Research. Wellesley, Massachusetts: Babson College.
  • Binks, M and Vale, P. (1990). Entrepreneurship and Economic Change. (McGraw Hill Book Co.: London.)
  • Bygrave, W. (1994). Rates of return from venture capital. In W. Bygrave, M. Hay and J. Peeters (Eds.) Realising Investment Value, ch.1. London: F.T.-Pitman.
  • Cable, D.M., Shane, S. (1997). "A prisoner's dilemma approach to entrepreneur-venture capitalist relationships," Academy of Management Review, Vol. 22, No. 1. pp 142-176.
  • Coveney, P., Moore, K., Nahapiet, J. "Business angels: Tapping the potential of individual investors in Britain," The Oxford Executive Research Briefings, pp 1-24.
  • Fiet, J.O. 1995. Risk avoidance strategies in venture capital markets. Journal of Management Studies, 32:4, pp 551 – 574.
  • Gartner, W.B. (1988). Who is an "lentrepreneur" is the wrong question. American Journal of Small Business, Vol 12, pp 11 – 32.
  • Gaston, R.J. and Bell, S. 1986. Informal Risk Capital in the Sunbelt Region. Knoxville: Applied Economics Group.
  • Gaston, R.J. (1989). Finding Private Venture Capital for your Firm: A complete Guide. New York: Wiley.
  • Harrison, R. T., Dibben, M.R., and Mason, C.M. (Summer 1997). The role of trust in the informal investor's investment decision: An exploratory analysis. Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, pp 63 – 81.
  • Harrison, R.T. and Mason, C.M. (1992). International perspectives on the supply of informal venture capital, Journal of Business Venturing, Vol. 7, pp 459 – 475.
  • Kelly, P., Hay, M. (1996). "Serial investors: An exploratory study," Frontiers in Entrepreneurship Research, pp 329-343.
  • Mason, C.M., Harrison, J. & Harrison, R. (1988). Closing the Equity Gap? An Assessment of the Business Expansion Scheme. London: Small Business Research Trust.
  • Mason, C.M. & Harrison, R. (1993). Promoting informal venture capital: an evaluation of a British initiative. Frontiers in Entrepreneurship Research, Wellesley: Babson College.
  • Mason, C.M., Harrison, R.T. (1997). "Business angels in the UK: A response to Stevenson and Coveney," International Small Business Journal, Vol. 15, No. 2, Issue No 58. pp 83-89.
  • Murray, G. (1996). A synthesis of six exploratory, European case studies of successfully exited, venture capital-financed, new technology-based firms. Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, 20(4), 41 – 60.
  • Muzyka, D., Bygrave, W., Leleux, B. and Hay, M.. (1993). "Entrepreneurs Perceptions About Realising Enterprise Value: A Pan Europena Perspective" in eds Churchill, N.C., Birley, S., Bygrave, W. D., Doutriaux, J., Gatewood, E.J., Hoy, F.S., and Wetzel Jr., W.E. Frontiers in Entrepreneurship Research 1993. Babson College: Wellesley, Massachusetts.
  • Porter, M.E. 1989. Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors. New York: Free Press.
  • Relander, K E, Syrjanen, A P and Miettinen, A. (1994). Analysis of the trade sale as a venture capital exit route, in eds Bygrave, W D, Hay, M and Peters, J B Realizing Investment Value, Great Britain: Pitman Publishing.
  • Steier, L., Greenwood, R. (1995). "Venture capitalist relations in the deal structuring and postinvestment stages of new firm creation," Journal of Management Studies, pp 337-357.
  • Stevenson, H. and Coveney, P. (1994). Survey of Business Angels. Henley on Thames, UK: Venture Capital Report Ltd.
  • Sullivan, M. K. (1991). Entrepreneurs as informal investors: are there distinguishing characteristics. Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, Wellesley, Mass: Babson College.
  • Thompson, A.A. and Strickland, A.J. (1998). Crafting and Implementing Strategy. Boston: Irwin McGraw-Hill.
  • Tyebjee, T.T. and Bruno, A.V. (1984). A model of venture capitalist investment activity. Management Science, Vol.30, No. 9, pp 1051 – 1066.
  • Van Osnabrugge, M. (1998). Comparison of Business Angels and Venture Capitalists, Financiers of Entrepreneurial Firms. Said Business School: University of Oxford, Britain.
  • Westhead, P. and Wright, M. (1997). Novice, portfolio and serial founders: Are they different? Frontiers in Entrepreneurship Research. Wellesley, Mass: Babson College.
  • Wetzel, W. E., Jr. (1983). Taplin and Montle Development Fund: A case study in finance. Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research. Wellesley, Massachussettes: Babson College.
  • Wetzel, W. E., Jr., 1986. Informal risk capital: knowns and unknowns. In Donald L. Sexton and Raymond W. Smilor, eds. The Art and Science of Entrepreneurship. Cambridge, MA: Ballinger, pp. 85-108.
  • Wright, M., Robbie, K. and Chiplin, B. (Summer 1997). The monitoring of venture capital firms. Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, pp 9 – 27.
  • Wright, M., Robbie, K. Ennew, C. 1997. "Serial Entrepreneurs," British Journal of Management Vol. 8, pp 251-268.

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