The impact of networking on bank financing: The case of small and medium-sized enterprises in Vietnam

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 867-887

  Le Ngoc, T B ^a   Nguyen, Thang V ^a  

^a NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

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EID: 67650669911     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2009.00330.x     Document Type: Article

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