Are there non-linearities between SME growth and its determinants? A quantile approach

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1071-1108

  Serrasqueiro, Zélia ^a   Nunes, Paulo Maçãs ^a   Leitão, João ^b   Armadaz, Manuel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; DEBT; ESTIMATION METHOD; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; NONLINEARITY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 77955247979     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtp053     Document Type: Article

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