Trade credit management and the decision to use factoring: An empirical study

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 37-68

  Summers, Barbara ^a   Wilson, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0008953052     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5957.00305     Document Type: Article

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