The determinants of growth for small and medium sized firms. The role of the availability of external finance

Small Business Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 291-306

  Becchetti, Leonardo ^a   Trovato, Giovanni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Fondazione CaRiSal   (Italy)

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EID: 0036055807     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019678429111     Document Type: Article

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