Are financing decisions of family-owned SMEs different? Empirical evidence using panel data

Journal of Management and Organization

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 363-382

  Serrasqueiro, Zélia ^a,b   Nunes, Paulo Maças ^a,b   da Silva, Jacinto Vidigal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Family owned SMEs; Long term debt; Non family owned SMEs; Panel data models; Short term debt

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865533221     PISSN: 18333672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/jmo.2012.18.3.363     Document Type: Article

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