Pecking order and debt capacity considerations for high-growth companies seeking financing

Small Business Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-69

  Vanacker, Tom R ^a   Manigart, Sophie ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Debt capacity; Financing decisions; Growth; Pecking order theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954030689     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-008-9150-x     Document Type: Article

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