Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Bank Relationship Strength, and the Use of Venture Capital

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 43, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 461-490

  Berger, Allen N ^a   Schaeck, Klaus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Relationship banking; SME financing; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952997893     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: 15384616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4616.2010.00381.x     Document Type: Article

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