Financing patterns in new technology-based firms: An extension of the pecking order theory

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 212-233

  Minola, Tommaso ^a   Cassia, Lucio ^a   Criaco, Giuseppe ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^b JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

age; entrepreneurial experience; entrepreneurial finance; entrepreneurship; financing patterns; human capital; new technology based firms; NTBF; pecking order theory; POT

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879677541     PISSN: 14761297     EISSN: 17418054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2013.054964     Document Type: Article

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