Financial credibility, ownership, and financing constraints in private firms

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 935-957

  Hope, Ole Kristian ^a   Thomas, Wayne ^b   Vyas, Dushyantkumar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

auditing; creditor rights; financing constraints; legal enforcement; ownership; private companies

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052451964     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2011.23     Document Type: Article

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