New firm survival: The effects of start-up characteristics

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 27, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 627-651

  Huyghebaert, Nancy ^a   Gaeremynck, Ann ^a   Roodhooft, Filip ^a   Van De Gucht, Linda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 14844357083     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5957.00328     Document Type: Article

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