Finance for SMEs: A U.K. Perspective

Small Business Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 151-168

  Hughes, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031529482     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007971823255     Document Type: Review

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