Funding gaps? Access to bank loans by high-tech start-ups

Small Business Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 25-46

  Colombo, Massimo G ^a   Grilli, Luca ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bank loans; Credit rationing; New technology based firms; Start up financing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248140725     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-005-4067-0     Document Type: Article

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