Small firm growth, access to capital markets and financial structure: Review of issues and an empirical investigation

Small Business Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-67

  Chittenden, Francis ^a   Hall, Graham ^b   Hutchinson, Patrick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 21344473964     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00391976     Document Type: Article

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