Improving business failure prediction for new firms: Benchmarking financial models with human and social capital

Journal of Private Equity

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 30-37

  Wetter, Erik ^a   Wennberg, Karl ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

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EID: 77951279607     PISSN: 10965572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3905/JPE.2009.12.2.030     Document Type: Article

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