Family involvement and new venture debt financing

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 472-488

  Chua, Jess H ^a   Chrisman, James J ^b,c   Kellermanns, Franz ^d,f   Wu, Zhenyu ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^f WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Debt financing; Family business; New ventures; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955626618     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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