The pecking order hypothesis: Does it apply to start-up firms?

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 8-21

  Paul, Stuart ^a   Whittam, Geoff ^a   Wyper, Janette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business formation; Finance; Scotland; Small enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847170540     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000710727854     Document Type: Article

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