Financing technology-based small firms in Europe: What do we know?

Small Business Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 179-205

  Revest, Valérie ^a   Sapio, Alessandro ^a  

^a Universtà di Napoli Parthenope   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capital structure; High tech; Public policy; Small firms; Stock markets; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860353307     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-010-9291-6     Document Type: Review

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