Industry effects on the determinants of unquoted SMEs' capital structure

International Journal of the Economics of Business

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 297-312

  Hall, Graham ^a   Hutchinson, Patrick ^b   Michaelas, Nicos ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c Lefkoniko Stockbrokers Ltd   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Capital Structure; Industry Effects; Smes

Indexed keywords

EID: 19144369535     PISSN: 13571516     EISSN: 14661829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13571510050197203     Document Type: Article

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