Why do most firms die young?

Small Business Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 103-116

  Cressy, Robert ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneur; Failure curve; Human capital; Inverse Gaussian; Port folio; Risk aversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 30844450578     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-004-7813-9     Document Type: Article

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