Applicability of financial theories of capital structure to the Chinese cultural context: A study of privately owned SMEs

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-83

  Newman, Alexander ^a   Gunessee, Sailesh ^a   Hilton, Brian ^a  

^a The University of Nottingham Ningbo China   (China)

Author keywords

capital structure; financing; pecking order theory; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856663305     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242610370977     Document Type: Article

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