Cross-industry differences in SME financing behaviour: An Australian perspective

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 160-177

  Johnsen, Pal C ^a   Mcmahon, Richard G P ^b  

^a National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic/Environmental Crime OKOKRIM   (Norway)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Financing; Functional differentiation; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944362244     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000510594584     Document Type: Article

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