Small Firm Investment and Financing Decisions: An Option Value Approach

Small Business Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 491-502

  Calcagnini, Giorgio ^a   Iacobucci, Donato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

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EID: 0031516455     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007978127900     Document Type: Article

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