What affects new and established firms' expansion? Evidence from small firms in Russia

Small Business Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 195-206

  Hartarska, Valentina ^a   Gonzalez Vega, Claudio ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern Europe; Financing constraints; Lending; Property rights; Russia; SME

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845590843     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-006-0012-0     Document Type: Article

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