The basel ii reform and the provision of finance for R & D activities in SMEs: An analysis of a sample of italian companies

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-89

  Scellato, Giuseppe ^a,b   Ughetto, Elisa ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b Laboratorio R Revelli Collegio Carlo Alberto   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basel II; Finance R D investments; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749145787     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242609350825     Document Type: Article

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