Getting bank financing: A study of Vietnamese private firms

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 209-227

  Le, Ngoc T B ^a,b   Venkatesh, Sundar ^b   Nguyen, Thang V ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Bank financing; Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs); Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645555624     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-006-7167-8     Document Type: Article

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