Governance mechanisms, investment opportunity set and SMEs cash holdings

Small Business Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-72

  Belghitar, Yacine ^a   Khan, James ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Governance mechanisms; Investment opportunity set; Ownership structure; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874208165     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-011-9366-z     Document Type: Article

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